Leo Haas’ Life and Legacy “You will remember this number. You will memorize it. You will answer when it is called. You have no name any longer. Just a number. Any prisoner who forgets his number or doesn 't respond when his number is called will be shot. Do you understand?” - Joel C. Rosenberg
Jews were no longer citizens, no longer equal, no longer people. Leo Haas was meant to be dehumanized during the Holocaust and stripped of his identity just as many other jews were, but Leo held on to who he was and survived to tell the story. His early life, his time spent creating art during the Holocaust, and his time after the Holocaust displaying his art are the three most important events of his life. Leo Haas was born on April 15th, 1901 in …show more content…
Sadly, many of them did not survive, however Leo and Erna did, so they adopted Fritta’s son after the war. In 1955 Erna died, and later Leo would re-marry for a third time to Inge, his final wife. After the war Leo’s artwork became incredibly important because it showcased the tortures these people went through on a daily basis, and also showed the vulnerable, emotional side of the victims as regular human beings. His art revealed the horrid conditions that many jews were confined to, and the terrible fate that they were doomed to suffer. The Nuremberg trials utilized many pieces of artwork from various jewish victims who were professionally trained artists, in an effort to get a better visualization of what the Nazis had done. Some of Leo Haas’ work was used in those trials, and many people today still seek out his artwork. It is incredibly important that the world fully comprehend the true horror of a concentration camp and Leo’s work aides them in their understanding. In 1981 an exhibition was held in Klatovy, on his 80th birthday. Only a few short years after that, in 1983, he
Jews were no longer citizens, no longer equal, no longer people. Leo Haas was meant to be dehumanized during the Holocaust and stripped of his identity just as many other jews were, but Leo held on to who he was and survived to tell the story. His early life, his time spent creating art during the Holocaust, and his time after the Holocaust displaying his art are the three most important events of his life. Leo Haas was born on April 15th, 1901 in …show more content…
Sadly, many of them did not survive, however Leo and Erna did, so they adopted Fritta’s son after the war. In 1955 Erna died, and later Leo would re-marry for a third time to Inge, his final wife. After the war Leo’s artwork became incredibly important because it showcased the tortures these people went through on a daily basis, and also showed the vulnerable, emotional side of the victims as regular human beings. His art revealed the horrid conditions that many jews were confined to, and the terrible fate that they were doomed to suffer. The Nuremberg trials utilized many pieces of artwork from various jewish victims who were professionally trained artists, in an effort to get a better visualization of what the Nazis had done. Some of Leo Haas’ work was used in those trials, and many people today still seek out his artwork. It is incredibly important that the world fully comprehend the true horror of a concentration camp and Leo’s work aides them in their understanding. In 1981 an exhibition was held in Klatovy, on his 80th birthday. Only a few short years after that, in 1983, he