Toni Kurz

Toni Kurz (1913 to 1936) was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s, born in Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, who died in July 1936 during an attempt on the then-unclimbed north face of the Eiger with his partner Andreas Hinterstoisser. After a brief apprenticeship as a pipefitter he joined the Wehrmacht as a professional soldier in 1934. With his childhood friend Hinterstoisser he made numerous first ascents in the Berchtesgaden Alps, among them the southwest wall of the Berchtesgadener Hochthron in 1934, the direct southern route up the Watzmannkinder in 1935 and the south wall of the straight pillar in 1936. On the Eiger they were joined by the Austrian climbers Edi Rainer and Willy Angerer, who was injured by falling rocks.