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Theresienstadt, Men's Quarters, L-306
Behr, Henry1944
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History
New York, United States
The interior of the bunk room, which held 90 men, where the artists were quartered. It shows the bunks and hanging laundry. A woman weeps next to one of the bunks. Caption across bottom: "A woman in the foreground is grieving for her dead husband." Signed and dated lower right.
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- Title: Theresienstadt, Men's Quarters, L-306
- Creator: Behr, Henry
- Creator Lifespan: 1897/1981
- Date Created: 1944
- Repository: Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History
- Physical Dimensions: w30.5 x h23 cm
- Artist Biography: Fritz Fabian was born in 1877 in Berlin. Fabian was an architect, who was deported to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. After the war, he married Lilli Lehmann in Switzerland in 1947. In 1957, Lilly and Fritz regained German citizenship. He died in 1967 in Switzerland.
- Acquisition Source: Henry Behr, 1979.
- Type: Watercolor
- 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 mounted on cardstock
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