Walter Frentz (; 21 August 1907 – 6 July 2004) was a German cameraman, film producer and photographer, who was considerably involved in the picture propaganda of Nazi Germany.

Frentz was born at Heilbronn. During the Nazi regime in Germany, he worked as a cameraman for Leni Riefenstahl; from 1939 to 1945, he was closely associated with photographing and filming activities of higher echelons of leaders of Nazi Germany, including German dictator Adolf Hitler. He was with Hitler in the until 24 April 1945.

Walter Frentz

He died at Überlingen in 2004.

Walter Frentz

References

Hans Georg Hiller von Gaertringen (Hrsg.): Das Auge des Dritten Reiches. Hitlers Kameramann und Fotograf Walter Frentz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München 2006, Yves le Maner & André Sellier: Bilder aus Dora. Zwangsarbeit im Raketentunnel 1943-1945. Westkreuz-Verlag, Berlin/Bonn 2001,

Walter Frentz

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1907 births

2004 deaths

Photographers from Baden-Württemberg

Film people from Baden-Württemberg

Nazi propagandists

People from Heilbronn

People from the Kingdom of Württemberg

Luftwaffe personnel of World War II

German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States