Re: [Cz-L] Willy Pragher

Dear Mimi,

Willy Pragher was born in Berlin, but the second statement is not
incorrect either - his father was from Bucharest, as a child he spent
many summers with his paternal grandparents in Romania, and may have
considered it as his native country (or one of his native countries).

Iosif

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> In an attempt to find out more about Willy Pragher, I searched
> for information on Google.
> One website listed, claims:
>>
>> Willy Pragher wurde 1908 in Berlin geboren und widmete sich ab 1926 der
>> Fotografie.
>> 1939 wechselte er von Berlin nach Bukarest und war als Werbefachmann für ...
>
> (Willy Pragher was born in 1908 in Berlin and.....)
> Another website claims:
>
>> The exhibition „Refractions: Romanian virtual spaces 1924 – 1944” includes
>>  172 large photos taken by Willy Pragher in his native Romania ...
>
> Well, was he born in Berlin or in Romania?
> Or does it depend on whether one is talking to Romanians or Germans?
> Because his surname is spelled "Pragher" and not "Prager", I think he was
> probably born in Romania.
>
> And why was he in Czernowitz?, Did he just come in the entourage of
> Queen Elena?
>
> Mimi

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