Yva
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This article is about the German photographer. For the Iconi Airport, see YVA. For the Australian political party, see Yellow Vest Australia.
Yva (26 January 1900 – disappeared June 1942?; officially declared dead on 31 December 1944) was the professional pseudonym of Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon who was a German Jewish photographer renowned for her dreamlike, multiple exposed images. She became a leading photographer in Berlin during the Weimar Republic.
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Born | Else Ernestine Neuländer (1900-01-26)26 January 1900 Berlin, Germany |
Died | 31 December 1944(1944-12-31) (aged 44) Lublin, Poland |
Nationality | German |
Other names | Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon, Else Simon |
Occupation | photographer |
Years active | 1920–1942 |
Known for | multiple exposure fashion photography |
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When the Nazi Party came to power, she was forced into working as a radiographer. She was deported by the Gestapo in 1942 and murdered, probably in the Majdanek concentration camp during World War II.