Editing Helmut Newton (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Berlin gedenktafel helmut newton.jpg|thumb|Plaque at his birthhouse in [[Schöneberg]], [[Berlin]].<br />Translation: "At this spot used to stand the birthhouse of HELMUT NEUSTÄDTER (1920–2004), son of [[Jewish]] parents. After his emigration in 1938 he became known as HELMUT NEWTON, one of the most famous photographers worldwide."]]

Newton was born in Berlin, the son of Klara "Claire" (née Marquis) and Max Neustädter, a button factory owner.<ref name="R1"/> His family was [[Jewish]].<ref name="R2"/> Newton attended the [[Heinrich von Treitschke|Heinrich-von-Treitschke]]-[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Realgymnasium]] and the American School in Berlin. Interested in photography from the age of 12, when he purchased his first camera, he worked for the German photographer [[Yva]] (Elsie Neuländer Simon) from 1936.
 
The increasingly oppressive restrictions placed on Jews under the [[Nuremberg laws]], meant that his father lost control of the factory in which he manufactured buttons and buckles. He was briefly interned in a [[concentration camp]] on [[Kristallnacht]], 9 November 1938, which finally compelled the family to leave Germany. Newton's parents fled to Argentina.<ref name="R3"/> Newton was issued a passport just after turning 18 and left Germany on 5 December 1938. At [[Trieste]], he boarded the ''[[SS Conte Rosso|Conte Rosso]]'', along with about 200 others escaping the [[Nazi]]s, intending to journey to [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]. After arriving in [[Singapore]], Newton found he was able to remain there, first briefly as a photographer for the ''[[Straits Times]]'' and then as a portrait photographer.