Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian SS sergeant, mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, and geographer. Prior to joining the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, where Harrer and the team flew the Nazi flag atop the mountain, Heinrich was personally received by Hitler and joined the Nazi party shortly after the annex of Austria on March 15, 1938. A year later in 1939, the climbing team went on expedition to the Indian Himalayas, where Harrer and his group were arrested by British forces because of the outbreak of World War II and he escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951 and never seeing active combat from that point onwards. He wrote the books ''Seven Years in Tibet'' (1952) and ''The White Spider'' (1959).
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Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian SS sergeant, mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, and geographer. Prior to joining the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, where Harrer and the team flew the Nazi flag atop the mountain, Heinrich was personally received by Hitler and joined the Nazi party shortly after the annex of Austria on March 15, 1938. A year later in 1939, the climbing team went on expedition to the Indian Himalayas, where Harrer and his group were arrested by British forces because of the outbreak of World War II and he escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951 and never seeing active combat from that point onwards. He wrote the books ''Seven Years in Tibet'' (1952) and ''The White Spider'' (1959).
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