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1943 portrait of Edgar Krasa drawn by Leo Haas in Theresienstadt. [LCID: 44157]
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1943 portrait of Edgar Krasa drawn by Leo Haas in Theresienstadt

1943 portrait of Edgar Krasa drawn by Leo Haas in Theresienstadt. Haas (1901-1983) was a Czech Jewish artist who, while imprisoned in Nisko and Theresienstadt during World War II, painted portraits and produced a large volume of drawings documenting the daily life of the prisoners.

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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Edgar and Hana Krasa
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