Josef Albers was a German artist whose art laid the foundation of one of the most influential styles of the 20th century. Albers’s roots lead back to a town named Bottrop in Westphalia, Germany. From the time of 1908 to 1913, Albers worked as an educator in his town. In 1918, Albers got his premier public commission, Rosa mystica ora pro nobis, which was a stained-glass window for a local place of worship. He studied art in many major German cities before becoming a student at the prestigious Weimar
Homage to Albers Josef Albers, a prominent artist of the 20th century whom created astounding paintings that evoked his passion and curiosity for color. He mastered a wide range of mediums and continually shared his explorations with his students. Josef Albers is an idol the art community will never forget. Josef was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Germany. At the age of 17 he became an elementary school teacher. By 25 he studied in Berlin to expand his skills and become a certified art teacher
in Budapest. In 1928, he transferred to the Muhely Academy, also known as the Budapest Bauhaus, where he studied with Alexander Bortnijik. At the Academy, he became familiar with the contemporary research in color and optics by Jaohannes Itten, Josef Albers, and the Constructivists Malevich and Kandinsky. After his first one-man show in 1930, at the Kovacs Akos Gallery in Budapest, Vasarely moved to Paris. For the next thirteen years, he devoted himself to graphic studies. His lifelong fascination
Josef Albers was a well-known and influential artist of the twentieth century. He was known for his use of vivid colors and interesting and abstract shapes. He was instrumental in ushering in the Modernist movement as he was a teacher to many of the great artists of the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963, Josef Albers released a book surrounding a series of paintings he did, The Interaction of Color. This book was crucial when it came to art education and various applications in his and his student’s works
the nature of terror is exposed to the fullest extent. The main characters in both works, Josef K. and Karl Rossmann are both used as pawns in the chess game also known as society. The dramatic impact from the major turn of events would create a tremendous change in both characters. Josef K., who was arrested for no apparent reason would have his life totally dominated by the judicial system. The road that Josef K. is forced to journey on became a one-way street and he was never able to turn back. Karl
family to conseal a Jewish person in their home. Csonger Kassai's character, David, escaped prison in Poland and returned to Czechoslovakia where he thought that someone could help him. He is taken in by his former employee (Bolek Polivka, who plays Josef), who is reluctant at first, but spends the next two years lying in order to save David, himself, and his wife, Marie (Anna Siskova). Throughout the film, there are many close calls. The worst one is that Marie told Horst (a worker for the Nazis, who
The main characters of this story are Rudi Matt, Franz Lerner, Frau Matt, John Winter, and Emil Saxo. Rudi is the son of the legendary mountain guide of the Alps, Josef Matt. He has mountain climbing in his blood and is destined to become a guide. He is the main character of the story. Franz Lerner is Rudi’s uncle. He was with Josef Matt hours before he died while trying to climb the Citadel, and now he is looking out for Rudi. Frau Matt is Rudi’s mother. She does not want Rudi to become a guide
weeks ended up healing fine, the opposite was true for Albert. An infection spread through his leg leading for the need for it to be amputated at the thigh. When Paul returned to the war these two friends parted, never to see each other again. Josef Behm Josef Behm was described as a plump fellow who, at first, did not want to join the war efforts. Later, after being called a coward, he was convinced by his schoolmaster and fellow students to join the army. He was the first of his schoolmates to be
universe. A search for justice by Josef K. finds no justice in either realm. Josef K. awakes one morning to find himself accused by a mysterious legal authority "Someone must have been spreading lies about Josef K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning."ii His crime is unnamed, one of which he knows nothing. The novel follows his many attempts to obtain justice from authorities with which he cannot communicate well. Josef K.'s attempt to find justice end in
people to their death with a flick of a cane, without one scent of remorse or one inkling of guilt? -his name was Josef Mengele. (Nazi304) Hitler gave Mengele all the resources he could and this is the main reason why he went to Auschwitz, because the of the availability of the victims he could do his work on. The stories and pictures of Auschwitz tell a gruesome tale of death and torture. Josef Mengele performed horrific experiments on twins, justified by official Nazis party policies to try and create
life story of Josef Mengele is one that is filled many twists and turns that play out like a suspense story with an ending that does not seem to fit what one would expect. The authors of the book Mengele: The Complete Story, Gerald L. Posner and John Ware, wrote this book largely with information taken from diaries and letters of Mengele’s, and interviews with those who knew him. It is a look into the life and times of a man whose nickname was “The Angel of Death.'; Josef’s life
was made throughout 1940 for the invasion of Russia, time was favorable towards the Russians and they continued to mobilize their resources and strengthen their defense forces. The invasion of the Germans was a complete surprise as Russian dictator, Josef Stalin, had failed to acknowledge the increasing German troop concentrations on the border and he had also ignored British intelligence reports stating that Germany had intended to attack. Hitler once again used the Blitzkrieg technique with German
Auschwitz, a name that struck horror and fear into every individual. The death camp, started out as one camp that quickly became three. It’s the largest death camp of all mankind, and became the most feared thing in all of World War II. Women and children to the left and men to the right. One could only hope that while kissing their family goodbye, it would not be the last time you’d see them. This camp killed over 12,000 people a day. Auschwitz quickly became a symbol of terror it was considered
Imagine never being able to turn your back without the fear of death lingering in your mind. This is how most Jewish prisoners felt in the widely known concentration camp, Auschwitz. Located in the suburbs of Oswiecim, Poland, the extermination camp became a symbol of death around the world! From the gas chambers to barracks and cremation ovens, Auschwitz left every prisoner petrified. When you first step into Auschwitz, you immediately feel surrounded. You are locked in by 13 feet of electrified
Toju Ogunnowo Josef Mengele Josef Mengele, or The Angel Of Death as he is more commonly known as, was born on March 16, 1911, in Günzburg, Germany, to a rich family. He didn’t have a sad backstory as many people would assume. Instead, as a child, he had good grades, was well-liked, and his father even had a successful business in Germany. In 1953, he graduated from the University of Munich with a PhD in Physical Anthropology. Two years later, in January 1937, he became the assistant of Dr. Otmar
Josef Mengele (Angel of Death) During The Holocaust, Nazi doctors forcefully performed a number of painful, and often deadly, medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. These experiments were created to collect research on topics such as hypothermia, treating of illnesses and injuries, twins, and how people of different races responded to disease1. Josef Mengele was a SS physician, infamous for the brutal experiments he conducted on prisoners in Auschwitz between May 1943 and January 19452
experimented on by the SS (stormfuhrer). These experiments were cruel, harsh, and performed on completely unwilling victims. Most of these experiments were performed with no numbing or pain killers. One of the most famous doctors to perform these was Dr. Josef Mengele. He did many experiments to try and find a way to sterilize the entire jewish race. What the SS did to the Jews during WW2 was unacceptable. There was no justification to what they did at all, even if some good did come out.
interview with a woman named Dr. Gisella Perl. Dr. Perl was a Hungarian gynecologist and a survivor of the Holocaust from one of its most famous death camps; Auschwitz. As a prisoner, she was allowed to work as a doctor who was forced to aid Dr. Josef Mengele. Dr. Mengele was a man who practiced very bizarre, unethical medical experiments on the prisoners of Auschwitz and he eventually became known as “the doctor of death” or “the angel of death.” Dr, Perl said, “One of the greatest crimes in Auschwitz
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Many medical experiments went on during the holocaust, mostly in concentration camps. These subjects included Jews, Gypsies, twins, and political prisoners. The experiments included many of these people never survived many were killed for further examination. The Jewish people got the full wrath of the injections, inhumane surgeries, and other experimentations. Twins were also desirable in these experiments to show a controlled group. Gypsies and political prisoners were experimented with, because