Wilhelm brasse biography
Wilhelm brasse biography
Wilhelm brasse pictures.
Wilhelm Brasse
Polish photographer
Wilhelm Brasse | |
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Brasse in 2005 with one of his Auschwitz photographs (Portrecista) | |
| Born | (1917-12-03)3 December 1917 Żywiec, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 23 October 2012(2012-10-23) (aged 94) Żywiec, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Photographer (1940–1945) |
| Known for | Photography done under duress as inmate of Auschwitz concentration camp |
Wilhelm Brasse (3 December 1917 – 23 October 2012) was a Polish professional photographer and a prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II.
He became known as the "famous photographer of Auschwitz concentration camp." His life and work were the subject of the 2005 Polish television documentary film The Portraitist (Portrecista), which first aired in the Proud to Present series on the Polish TVP1 on 1 January 2006.[1]
Brasse was of mixed Austrian-Polish descent.
He learned photography in Katowice at the studio of his aunt.[2] After the