1912 - 2006
Heinrich Harrer Austrian Explorer
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| First Name |
Heinrich
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| Last Name |
Harrer
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| Birthday |
6th July, 1912
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| Birthplace |
Huttenberg, Carinthia
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| Died |
7th January, 2006
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| Place of Death |
Friesach, Austria
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| Buried |
Hüttenberger Friedhof, Huttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan Bezirk, Carinthia (Kärnten), Austria
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| Hair Color |
White
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
Austrian
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| Occupation Text |
Mountaineer, Sportsman Geographer, Author
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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| Official Websites |
http://www.harrerportfolio.com
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Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and briefly an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, in July 1938. Harrer and the team flew the Nazi flag atop the mountain. Harrer had joined the Nazi Party shortly after the annexation of Austria in March 1938, and was personally received by Hitler after the climb. A year later in 1939, he and the climbing team went on an expedition to the Indian Himalayas, where they were arrested by British colonial authorities due to the outbreak of World War II. He eventually escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951 and never seeing active combat from that point onwards. He wrote the books Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959).
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