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Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer and former Nazi who fled a British prisoner of war camp in India for the northern Himalayas, where he befriended and tutored the Dalai Lama, has died at the age of 93.
Harrer's family in the province of Carinthia did not mention a cause of death, saying only that "in great peace, he carried out his final expedition" when he died in a hospital in Friesach. His family said he would be buried on January 14.See the full content of this document
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Death of Former Nazi Who Befriended Dalai Lama
Actor Brad Pitt played Harrer in the film Seven Years in Tibet, based on his 1953 memoir about fleein...
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