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    Artist

  • Behr, Henry, 1897-1981

    • Title

  • Terezin, Czechoslovakia

  • Physical Description

    Watercolor : Watercolor and pencil on paper ; 12" x 16" (30.5 cm x 40.7 cm)

  • Date

    1945

  • Summary

    The buildings of the mill at Terezin, set among the trees. One building bears the inscription "Spavove Meyny." Signed Hein. Baehr, 1945 and titled in lower right.

  • Subject

    Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Buildings in art

  • Medium

    Watercolors; Paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Henry Behr (originally Baehr) lived from 1897 to 1981, and immigrated to US c. 1946. Behr and his wife, whose home was in Cologne, were held at Theresienstadt three and half years. He had been a commercial artist. He made a group of drawings in pencil, which he later finished in the present media. There are comments on the life in the camp on the backs of the mounts. Additional material in the archives.

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Citation

Behr, Henry: Terezin, Czechoslovakia, Leo Baeck Institute, 81.623.