{"id":11871,"date":"2026-10-19T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-news&#038;p=11871"},"modified":"2026-10-24T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:38:53","slug":"a-portrait-of-harry-hermann-spitz","status":"publish","type":"hbi-news","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/a-portrait-of-harry-hermann-spitz\/","title":{"rendered":"A Portrait of Harry Hermann Spitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-biographie.de\/gnd131745891.html#dbocontent\">here<\/a>. Media historian <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/hans-ulrich-wagner\/\">Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner<\/a> wrote an article for the Neue Deutsche Biographie in which he examined the artist\u2019s life\u2014a life devoted to music that was shattered by anti-Semitism and the persecution of Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The article about Harry Hermann Spitz is only available in German.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner, Hans-Ulrich: Spitz, Harry H.. In: NDB-online, published on October 1, 2026, URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-biographie.de\/gnd131745891.html#dbocontent\">https:\/\/www.deutsche-biographie.de\/gnd131745891.html#dbocontent<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the Neue Deutsche Biographie<\/h2>\n<p>The New German Biography&#8217;s biographical portal contains verified information on over one million figures from the German-speaking world ranging from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The portal includes 50,000 biographical articles from the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), the Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), and NDB-online, as well as links to over 250 additional resources, including encyclopedias, sources, and literature.<br \/>\nThe portal is sponsored by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Harry Hermann Spitz I (c) NDR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11867,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11871","hbi-news","type-hbi-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Portrait of Harry Hermann Spitz - Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung Hans-Bredow-Institut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/a-portrait-of-harry-hermann-spitz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Portrait of Harry Hermann Spitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who was Harry Hermann Spitz? 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