Adolf Buck (4 March 1896 – 3 May 1952) was a German-Liechtensteiner photographer.
Adolf Buck | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 March 1896 |
| Died | 3 May 1952 (aged 56) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Children | 2 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Wars | World War I |
Life
editBuck was born on 4 March 1896 in Stuttgart and attended school in the city. He was a soldier for the German Empire in World War I before opening a photography firm in Bregenz in 1922, which operated in 1932.[1]
He moved to Schaan and opened a photography firm and photograph publishing company, building a photo lab in 1937. He took photographs of numerous figures, buildings, landscapes and events in Liechtenstein.[1] He was also a pioneer of film recordings in Liechtenstein, such as the completion of the Liechtenstein inland canal in 1943.[1][2]
Buck was a member of the Nazi Party/Foreign Organization branch in Liechtenstein. In 1946 he was interned in French-occupied Austria on charges of espionage for Nazi Germany.[1] Though he was ultimately acquitted, he was expelled from Liechtenstein and moved to Buenos Aires in 1950, where he worked as a photographer until he died of an illness in 1952, aged 56.[1][3]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 Frommelt, Fabien (31 December 2011). "Buck, Adolf". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ↑ Haidvogl, Gertrud (31 December 2011). "Binnenkanal". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Schön. Adolf Buck, Photograph". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 17 May 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
