Albert Herzfeld (

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

, 1865 –

Theresienstadt Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Schutzstaffel, SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German occupation of Czechoslovakia, German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstad ...

, 1943) was a noted German Jewish painter who was deported at the age of 77 to Theresienstadt and died there the following year.Götz Aly, Wolf D. Gruner ''Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das ... '' 2008 Volume 1 - Page 524 Tagebücher des Albert Herzfeld 1935–1939 iary of Jewish painter Albert Herzfeld".. Geburtstag in einem sehr liebevollen Schreiben des Vorsitzenden Otto Ackermann9 gratulierte, mir zur persönlichen ... u. mich 6 Wochen später, zugleich mit den übrigen 8 nichtarischen Mitgliedern, aus der Liste der Mitglieder strich. " Footnote 9 Otto Ackermann (1872–1953), Landschaftsmaler in Düsseldorf." His diaries from 1935 to 1939 provide a detailed source of information on the worsening situation of Düsseldorf's Jewish community.

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