16 Facts About Gerda Taro

Gerta Pohorylle, known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War.

Gerda Taro is regarded as the first female photojournalist to have died while covering the frontline in a war.

Gerda Taro studied at Queen Charlotte High School, spent a year at a Lausanne boarding school, and later attended a business college.

Gerda Taro opposed the Nazi Party and became interested in Leftist politics.

Gerda Taro's career was brief, but with great impact on photojournalism, especially in war.

Gerda Taro introduced pictures by the fictitious American Capa to Alliance in the hope of higher royalties, but Eisner recognised his imagery and offered him a lower monthly advance of 1,100 francs in return for covering three assignments a week.

Gerda Taro acquired the nickname of La pequena rubia.

Also, in July 1937, Gerda Taro's photographs were in demand by the international press when, alone, she was covering the Brunete region near Madrid for Ce Soir.

Gerda Taro's photographs were the only testimony of the actual situation.

Gerda Taro rallied a retreating group of militia, and persuaded them to return to occupy one of the trenches, where they withstood an intense bombardment for an hour.

Gerda Taro was rushed to hospital at Escorial seriously hurt and given blood transfusion, but died yesterday morning.

The circumstances of Gerda Taro's death have been questioned by British journalist Robin Stummer, writing in the New Statesman.

Gerda Taro was "warned by Willy Brandt in the summer of 1937 against working in Spain," yet she went there anyway, not controlled by the left in Moscow.

The British indie rock band alt-J's song "Gerda Taro" is about her role as a war photographer during the Spanish Civil War as well as her relationship to Capa.

In 2018, the city of Leipzig named a new gymnasium for 1,200 students after Gerda Taro; it is near the display of her photographs on permanent exhibition.

Gerda Taro was highlighted on Google's Doodle on August 1,2018.