Heinrich Harrer
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Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of
Harrer in 1997
Eiger North Face, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
The Pargo Kaling chorten (front) were demolished during the Cultural Revolution and reconstructed by Lhasa authorities in 1995.
The Heinrich Harrer Museum in Hüttenberg, Austria
14th Dalai Lama
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The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959, and subsequently
Heinrich Harrer
…1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. Harrer first met the 14th Dalai Lama when he was summoned to the Potala Palace and asked to make a film about ice skating, which Harrer had introduced to Tibet. Harrer built a cinema for…
The Dalai Lama in 2012
The Dalai Lama as a child
House where the 14th Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Amdo
Lhasa's Potala Palace, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2019