Bedřich Fritta

Bedřich Fritta (Portrait by Peter Kien, Theresienstadt)

Bedřich Fritta (19 September 1906, Višňová – 8 November 1944, Auschwitz) was a Czech-Jewish artist and cartoonist.^[1] Before the war, Fritta worked as an illustrator and graphic designer in Prague under the pseudonym Fritz Taussig. In the 1930s, he devoted himself to political caricature and provided input for the satirical magazine Simplicus.^[2]

References

↑ Last Expression. "Bedřich Fritta". Northwestern University. Archived from the original on 9 September 2001. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
↑ Jewish Museum. "Bedřich Fritta (1906-1944): Makeshift Barracks (An Evening in the Barracks), Terezín, 1942-44". Jewish Museum in Prague. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

External links

About Bedřich Fritta in an online exhibition at Yad Vashem website

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[Last_Expression-1] Last Expression. "Bedřich Fritta". Northwestern University. Archived from the original on 9 September 2001. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[Jewish_Museum-2] Jewish Museum. "Bedřich Fritta (1906-1944): Makeshift Barracks (An Evening in the Barracks), Terezín, 1942-44". Jewish Museum in Prague. Retrieved 28 August 2013.