Endre Friedmann aka Robert Capa

Born: October 22, 1913

Died: May 25, 1954
 Life

• Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungry on October 22, 1913

• Robert capa was a Hungarian war photographer and
photojournalists
• Born to a jewish family his mothers name is Julianaa Henrietta
Berkovits his dads name was Dezso Friedmann
• He moved to berlin as a teen for his college and he witnessed
the rise of Hitler which led him to move to Paris
 Education
• Moved to berlin and enrolled in Berlin University
where he worked part-time as a darkroom assistant
for income and then became a staff photographer for
the German photographic agency
 Some Wars he photographed:
• Photographed the Spanish Civil War, 1936
• Photographed the Chinese Resistance to
imperial Japan, 1938
• Photographed World War 2, Omaha beach,
1944
• First Indochina War and death, 1954
He photographed D-Day, Omaha
Beach, 1938
“Death to loyalist Soldier” taken during the
Spanish Civil War
World War 2, an American soldier killed during a house
to house fight against German troops
France crowds celebrating on the 26th of august 1944
for the liberation of Paris