Killing of Gabriel Grüner and Volker Krämer

Gabriel Grüner
Born	August 8, 1963 Mals, Italy
Disappeared	June 13, 1999 Delje Pass near Prizren
Status	found shot
Died	June 13, 1999: 35 years old The hospital in Tetovo, Macedonia
Cause of death	Shot
Body discovered	June 13, 1999 by British Soldiers
Resting place	Italy
Nationality	German
Education	University of Innsbruck
Occupation	Photojournalist
Years active	8 years
Employer	Stern magazine
Known for	Reporting on focal points in the world
Partner(s)	Beatrix Gerstberger
Children	A son
Awards	World Press Photo Award; The Royal Society of Photography

Volker Krämer
Born	October 12, 1943? Germany?
Died	June 13, 1999 Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Cause of death	Murdered
Body discovered	Died immediately from gun shots
Nationality	German
Occupation	Journalist/ Photographer
Years active	30 years
Employer	Stern magazine

Gabriel Grüner and Volker Krämer were two German journalists for Stern magazine who were shot by Yugoslavian soldiers at a check point at the Dulje Pass on the west side of Kosovo, near the village of Dulje, Prizrenski Podgor about 25 km from Prizren, two days after the Kosovo War had ended on June 13, 1999.

The pair of journalists were the first civilians from a NATO country to be killed during the war. Their translator Senol Alit was also killed on site.

Gabriel Grüner was born on August 8, 1963 in Mals, Italy. He studied at the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Grüner's girlfriend was Beatrix Gerstberger, who was six months pregnant with their first child Jakob at the time of his death. He was killed at the age of 35 and was buried in Italy. Gerstberger, also a journalist, wrote a book where she documented her own story about Grüner and collected the stories of other women who had lost their husbands.

Grüner started his journalism career in 1991, and worked for eight years before he was killed. He was reporting from around the world and had been to Afghanistan, Algerien, Sudan. He was awarded several awards for his great works, such as the World Press Photo Award and the Royal Society of Photography.

Volker Krämer was possibly born on October 12, 1943 in Germany. "Volker has done an extraordinary job, so he has been able to work for the Stern for so long, because he can choose between the best photographers in the world and therefore he is very good at work , Which was also fun to him. " Stated one of his classmates. Not much information can be recovered from his personal life. He was encouraged for his career by the help of his mother. He took notes upon different things as well as, taking photographs. However, photography is what he loved to do. Him and his mother would travel and he would take timeless/ meaningfulness photos that inspired him for his career. He had been with the Stern for many years and was a huge aspect to the magazine. "When I am a reporter, I move in the everyday life of normal people, and through the camera I notice how absurd and partially funny which sometimes looks."

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