Terezin, Latrines

Norbert Troller1942

Numerous men standing in night clothes in a dark room. Titled, dated, and initialed along bottom.

Details

Title: Terezin, Latrines
Creator: Troller, Norbert
Creator Lifespan: 1900/1981
Date Created: 1942
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History
Physical Dimensions: w11.7 x h21 cm
Artist Biography: Born in Bruenn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czechoslovakia) in 1900, Norbert Troller served as a soldier in World War I, spending time as a prisoner-of-war in Italy. After the war, he studied architecture in Brno and Vienna and worked as an architect in Brno until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, where he worked as an architect for the Jewish self-adminstration of the camp and produced works of art as well. In 1944, he was imprisoned by the Gestapo and was sent to Auschwitz later that year. After liberation, he lived briefly in KrakoÌw, and then reopened his architectural business in Prague and Brno. He emigrated to the United States in 1948 and worked for the National Jewish Welfare Board in New York designing Jewish community centers, before opening his own practice. He died in 1984.
Type: Drawing
Rights: This material may be used for personal, research, and educational purposes only. Any other use without prior authorization is prohibited. Please contact LBI librarians at lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org for further information.
External Link: LBI Art Collection, Center for Jewish History
Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper

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