!!!Lorant, Stefan

Lorant, Stefan, b. Budapest (Hungary), Feb. 22, 1901, 
d. USA, Nov. 14, 1997, photographer, journalist. In the 
1920s cameraman in Vienna and Berlin; from 1928 editor-in-chief of the 
weekly magazine "Muenchner Illustrierte Presse". 1933 
arrested by the National Socialists; emigrated via Hungary and Paris 
to London, where he established two magazines; 1940 emigrated to the 
USA. His diary "I Was Hitler´s Prisoner" (1935; Ich 
war Hitlers Gefangener, 1985) brought him international recognition. 
In the USA, L. devoted his energies mainly to documentary photography; 
he is considered a pioneer of modern photographic journalism.

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Other works: F. D. R., 1950; Pittsburgh, 1964; The Glorious Burden, 
1968; Sieg Heil! An Illustrated History of Germany from Bismarck to 
Hitler, 1974 (Sieg Heil! Eine deutsche Bildergeschichte von Bismarck 
zu Hitler, 1979). - Illustrated books about American presidents.


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