Albert Herzfeld
Albert Herzfeld (Düsseldorf, 1865 – Theresienstadt, 1943) was a noted German Jewish painter who was deported at the age of 77 to Theresienstadt and died there the following year. His diaries from 1935 to 1939 provide a detailed source of information on the worsening situation of Düsseldorf's Jewish community.
Albert Herzfeld
Albert Herzfeld (1865-1943) · Public domain
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- Albert Herzfeld was born on 19 August 1865. · Düsseldorf.
- Died
- Albert Herzfeld died on 13 February 1943. · Terezín.
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- German Reich
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- painter
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- German
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Albert Herzfeld (Düsseldorf, 1865 – Theresienstadt, 1943) was a noted German Jewish painter who was deported at the age of 77 to Theresienstadt and died there the following year. His diaries from 1935 to 1939 provide a detailed source of information on the worsening situation of Düsseldorf's Jewish community.
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Albert Herzfeld was born at Düsseldorf.
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Albert Herzfeld died at Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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- 1.Götz Aly, Wolf D. Gruner Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das ... 2008 Volume 1 - Page 524 Tagebücher des Albert Herzfeld 1935–1939 [Diary of Jewish painter Albert Herzfeld] ".. Geburtstag in einem sehr liebevollen Schreiben des Vorsitzenden Otto Ackermann9 gratulierte, mir zur persönlichen ... u. mich 6 Wochen später, zugleich mit den übrigen 8 nichtarischen Mitgliedern, aus der Liste der Mitglieder strich. " Footnote 9 Otto Ackermann (1872–1953), Landschaftsmaler in Düsseldorf."
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