School Years 1939/40 and 40/41

Friedrich Apfelthaler (1889-1947): 1910s (amateur) racer and member of the Viennese Automobil-Club; founder of a commercial firm for car tires and car components; marriage with Leopoldine (nee Hackel); one mutual son: Herbert (1925). 1920s ambitious film amateur; member of the Klub der Kinoamateuere Österreichs (DdKÖ). 1947 Friedrich Apfelthaler dies in Vienna Herbert Apfelthaler was born in Vienna as a son of the tire dealer Friedrich Apfelthaler. From 1931-1941, he goes to school in Vienna, and becomes a member of Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) around 1942/43. His father dies in 1947. In 1951, he married Hedy. Around 1964, he turns to the company Eumig as a movie adviser and head of the Eumig Filmstudios and establishes his own film studio (Schmalfilmzentrum Rosenhügel; by 1970 Film- und Viedozentrum Rosenhügel). He remarried in 1984 to Angelika. He died in Vienna in 2008. Herbert's father Friedrich founded a commercial firm for car tires and car components and was an ambitious film amateur and member of the Klub der Kinoamateuere Österreichs (DdKÖ). 

School Years 1939/40 and 40/41 

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