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Falk, Gerhard, 1922-1978

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Personal name headingFalk, Gerhard, 1922-1978
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LocatedHamburg (Germany)
Birth date1922-06-15
Death date1978-09-13
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
AffiliationHöhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin
Germany. Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme
Germany. Heer. Abteilung für Kriegskarten- und Vermessungswesen
Falk-Verlag
Profession or occupationCartographers
Found inDie Nordfriesischen Inseln, 1977: map recto (G. Falk, cartographer)
German Wikipedia, April 5, 2016 (Gerhard Falk, b. June 15, 1922 in Berlin, d. Sept. 13, 1978 in Kampen auf Sylt, Germany; German cartographer and cartographic publisher; studied cartography, Fachschule des Reichsamtes für Landesaufnahme, Berlin, 1938-1939; studied cartography and graphic arts, Höhere Graphische Fachschule der Stadt Berlin, 1939-1941; drafted into the labor service and Nazi Wehrmacht; military cartographer, Kriegskarten- und Vermessungsamt in Riga, Stalino and Kiev, from June 1942; transfer to cartographic unit in Western Europe; founded Falk-Verlag, Hamburg, Germany, 1945)