Hans Beck Inventor of
Childhood and youth • Born: May 6th, 1929 in Greiz / Thüringen • Carpentry apprenticeship by a friend of his father • 1948 he fled to west Germany and quit his Carpentry apprenticeship in a company in Bamberg
Career • 1958 he worked as a developer in the company Geobra Brandstätter in Zirndorf • 1971 he became the leader of the developers there • He developed the first figures (a construction worker, a knight and an Indian) • 1973 Brandstätter changed their production to Playmobil
Last years and death • 1998 he retired • At the Expo 2000 in Hannover he was honoured with a statue • On January 30th,2009 he died in Markdorf
Sources • https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Beck_(Spielzeugentwickle r) • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Play mobil_logo.svg • https://www.google.de/imgres? imgurl=http://company.playmobil.com/Company/sites/default/files/201608/hansbeck_figur_gross_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://company.playmobil.com/Com pany/de-DE/fathers-playmobilr&h=750&w=550&tbnid=uEkuDDb_ilW9M:&tbnh=160&tbnw=117&usg=__od60hR6C82kDOnNfuGBM0qqJA8%3D&vet=10ahUKEwiynJHrY_bAhXCbFAKHWWeCsoQ_B0IzwEwEg..i&docid=mZS2G8MzGjf3iM&itg=1&s a=X&ved=0ahUKEwiynJ-HrY_bAhXCbFAKHWWeCsoQ_B0IzwEwEg