Heinrich Fraenkel
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Heinrich Fraenkel was an author and Hollywood writer most notable for his biographies of Nazi war criminals published in the 1960s and 1970s.
, Poland
(then Province of Posen
, Germany). He emigrated from Nazi Germany
and lived in Britain.
His works include Hess: A Biography
(1971, with Roger Manvell
).
Under the pseudonyme Assiac, Fraenkel edited a chess column in the New Statesman
and published several chess books, among them Adventures in Chess (1951, the American edition was published as The Pleasures of Chess).
He died in Ealing
, England
.
Biography
Fraenkel was born in LissaLeszno
Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(then Province of Posen
Province of Posen
The Province of Posen was a province of Prussia from 1848–1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. The area was about 29,000 km2....
, Germany). He emigrated from Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
and lived in Britain.
His works include Hess: A Biography
Hess: A Biography
Hess: A Biography is a book by Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel. It is a 1971 biography of Rudolf Hess.It was published by MacGibbon and Kee in 1971 as a 256-page hardcover...
(1971, with Roger Manvell
Roger Manvell
Roger Arnold Manvell was the first director of the British Film Academy , author of many books on films and film-making, and authored and co-authored many books on Nazi Germany, including biographies of Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring...
).
Under the pseudonyme Assiac, Fraenkel edited a chess column in the New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
and published several chess books, among them Adventures in Chess (1951, the American edition was published as The Pleasures of Chess).
He died in Ealing
Ealing
Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.