Books by heinrich harrer7/1/2023 His father, Josef Harrer, was a postal worker. Heinrich Harrer was born 6 July 1912 in Hüttenberg, Austria, in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the state of Carinthia. He wrote the books Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959). While on expedition in the Indian Himalayas, Harrer and his group were arrested by British forces because of the outbreak of World War 2 and he escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951 and never seeing active combat. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps. Heinrich Harrer ( German: 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, Nazi in the Schutzstaffel (SS), and author. Katharina Haarhaus (1962–2006, his death)
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