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Gerda Taro, born Gerta Pohorylle on August 1, 1910, was a German war photographer who became known for her work during the Spanish Civil War. She is considered the first female photojournalist to have died while covering the frontline in a war [1].

Early Life:

Gerda Taro was born in Stuttgart, Germany, to a middle-class Jewish family [1].

In 1933, she opposed the Nazi Party and was arrested for distributing propaganda against them [1].

Taro moved to Paris in 1934 to escape anti-Semitism and met the photojournalist Endre Friedmann, who later became known as Robert Capa [1].

Establishing the Robert Capa Alias:

Taro and Friedmann invented the name Robert Capa as an alias to mitigate political intolerance and attract the American market [1].

They worked together to cover the events surrounding the rise of the Popular Front in 1930s France [1].

Coverage of the Spanish Civil War:

Taro and Capa traveled to Barcelona, Spain, to cover the Spanish Civil War [1].

They published their work under the alias Robert Capa and achieved success in important publications [1].

Taro later gained independence and began commercializing her production under the Photo Taro label [1].

Her photographs of the Valencia bombing and the Battle of Brunete became particularly celebrated [1].

Taro died on July 26, 1937, during the Republican army retreat at the Battle of Brunete. She was crushed by a Loyalist tank and succumbed to her injuries a few days later [1].

Legacy:

Gerda Taro's political commitment made her a respected anti-fascist figure [1].

She was given a grand funeral in Paris on her 27th birthday, and Alberto Giacometti created a monument for her grave [1].

Taro's photographs of the Spanish Civil War have been overshadowed by those of Capa and other photographers, but her contributions to photojournalism are significant [2].