Terezin: Still-life.

Norbert Troller1942

On a trestle table set out: empty eating utensils, a thermos bottle and a portion of a loaf of bread. Signed and dated in ink lower right.

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Title: Terezin: Still-life.
Creator: Troller, Norbert
Creator Lifespan: 1900/1981
Date Created: 1942
Subject: Still life in art
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History
Physical Dimensions: w23.7 x h17 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 Cracow, 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: Crayons and watercolor on paper

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