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  • Edmund Collein. Untitled. 1927–28. Gelatin silver print, 4 1/2 × 3 3/8" (11.5 × 8.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange (MoMA 1658.2001). © Ursula Kirsten-Collein

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January 10, 1906
Born
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Bad Kreuznach
1925–27
Studies architecture at the Technische Hochschule
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Darmstadt
October 1927–October 1930
Edmund Collein studies at the Bauhaus and takes the Foundation Course with László Moholy-Nagy
Dessau
1930–38
Works for the architecture firm of W. Sobotka
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Vienna
1938–40
Works for the architecture firm of G. Schwethelm
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Vienna Munich
1939–45
Serves in the Wehrmacht
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Germany
1945–78
Works as an architect and city planner in East Germany
At location: Edmund Collein
Berlin
October 1, 1992
Dies
At location: Edmund Collein
Berlin

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