1943 painting of the Vltava River in Prague created from a photograph by Theresienstadt prisoner Bedrich Fritta. [LCID: 44154]
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Painting of the Vltava River in Prague by Theresienstadt prisoner Bedrich Fritta

1943 painting of the Vltava River in Prague created from a photograph by Bedrich Fritta when he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt. Fritta (1909-1945) was a Czech Jewish artist who created drawings and paintings depicting conditions in the Theresienstadt camp-ghetto. Fritta was deported to Auschwitz in October 1944. He died there a week after his arrival.

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