Language:
German
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Das Jüdische Echo
Angaben zur Quelle:
38 (1989) 75-81
Keywords:
Halsman, Philippe
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Halsmann, a 21-year-old student at the Technical College in Dresden, was tried and sentenced in Innsbruck in 1929 for allegedly murdering his father during a hiking trip. In 1929, at a second trial, the verdict was revised to manslaughter. After serving half his term, Halsmann was included in a list of pardoned prisoners, released and expelled from Austria. The judicial proceedings were biased by antisemitism and accompanied by massive antisemitic propaganda, especially by the Austrian Nazi party. Halsmann was defended by many prominent persons in Austria and abroad, including Freud, Einstein, and Thomas Mann. He moved to Paris and from there, at the last moment, to the U.S., and became a famous portrait photographer. In 1968, the Austrian writer Robert Neumann wrote a TV drama based on Halsmann's case, "Die Begnadigung". It was produced and broadcast by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Germany, but was not shown in Austria.
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