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    Artist

  • Schiff, John, 1907-1976

    • Title

  • Portrait of William Shirer

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches / 25.5 x 20.5 cm., digital photograph

  • Date

    undated

  • Summary

    The image shows a portrait photograph of William Shirer sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe. The verso of the photograph has a John Schiff stamp and "Journalist William Shirer" written in pencil.

  • Depicted

    Shirer, William L., (William Lawrence), 1904-1993

  • Subject

    Authors; Journalists; Portraits; War correspondents

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    John (Hans) and Trude Schiff Collection, AR 25082

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, Shirer was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what became a CBS radio. He became known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II (1939–1940).

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Citation

Schiff, John: Portrait of William Shirer, Leo Baeck Institute, F 166 AR 25082.