Photo: Alexis Rosenzweig, Radio Prague International
Few Holocaust testimonies are as vivid and comprehensive as the illustrated diary created by Alfred Kantor. Born in Prague in 1923, the young Jewish artist was deported to Terezín in December 1941 as part of the first transport of men sent to establish the ghetto. Two years later, he was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he was imprisoned in the so-called Terezín Family Camp before being transferred to the Schwarzheide concentration camp in Germany.
The Auschwitz Museum has recently acquired Alfred Kantor’s original sketchbook.
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Author: Alexis Rosenzweig