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Adolf Buck
Born(1896-03-04)4 March 1896
Stuttgart, Germany
Died3 May 1952(1952-05-03) (aged 56)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationPhotographer
Children2
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
WarsWorld War I
Not to be confused with Adolf De Buck.

Adolf Buck (4 March 1896 – 3 May 1952) was a German-Liechtensteiner photographer.

Life

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Buck was born on 4 March 1896 in Stuttgart and attended school in the city. He was a soldier for the German Empire in World War I before opening a photography firm in Bregenz in 1922, which operated in 1932.[1]

Film by Buck of the ground-breaking ceremony of the Liechtenstein inland canal

He moved to Schaan and opened a photography firm and photograph publishing company, building a photo lab in 1937. He took photographs of numerous figures, buildings, landscapes and events in Liechtenstein.[1] He was also a pioneer of film recordings in Liechtenstein, such as the completion of the Liechtenstein inland canal in 1943.[1][2]

Buck was a member of the Nazi Party/Foreign Organization branch in Liechtenstein. In 1946 he was interned in French-occupied Austria on charges of espionage for Nazi Germany.[1] Though he was ultimately acquitted, he was expelled from Liechtenstein and moved to Buenos Aires in 1950, where he worked as a photographer until he died of an illness in 1952, aged 52.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Frommelt, Fabien (31 December 2011). "Buck, Adolf". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ^ Haidvogl, Gertrud (31 December 2011). "Binnenkanal". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Schön. Adolf Buck, Photograph". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 17 May 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
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