{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung Hans-Bredow-Institut","provider_url":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/","title":"A Portrait of Harry Hermann Spitz","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MonsPC2zsD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/a-portrait-of-harry-hermann-spitz\/\">A Portrait of Harry Hermann Spitz<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/a-portrait-of-harry-hermann-spitz\/embed\/#?secret=MonsPC2zsD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Portrait of Harry Hermann Spitz&#8221; &#8212; Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung Hans-Bredow-Institut\" data-secret=\"MonsPC2zsD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26-10-19-Harry-Hermann-Spitz-im-Portrait_Wagner_Header.png","thumbnail_width":1380,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"Who was Harry Hermann Spitz? The short answer: From 1947 to 1957, he was the head of music at the Northwest German Broadcasting Company (NWDR) and the North German Broadcasting Company (NDR). You can read the longer answer in German here. Media historian Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner wrote an article for the Neue Deutsche Biographie in [&hellip;]"}