Background
Bellingrodt was born on 7 April 1897 in Cologne, but began taking photographs even before the First World War.
Bellingrodt was born on 7 April 1897 in Cologne, but began taking photographs even before the First World War.
He worked professionally as a police officer, later switching to financial management. Picture books and other publications with his photographs are still avidly purchased today and time and again re-published. The society co-founded by him, the BDEF, is today the largest German association for railway fans with over 12,000 members.
