Otto Karas-Kaufman
Born
in Prague, 1915; died 1944 in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Background
Karas-Kaufman
studied at the Prague Art Academy and was an illustrator for several publisher,
often working in engraving. He made many engravings of his native city before
the war.
Deportation to Auschwitz
Karas-Kaufman
was deported to Auschwitz in September, 1944 and died there.
No
further information is currently available.
Bibliography
Novitch,
Miriam, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, and Tom L. Freudenheim. Spiritual Resistance: Art
from Concentration Camps, 1940-1945. Philadelphia,
1981.