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Artist | Erich Sander |
Location | NS Dokumentationszentrum Köln |
tate.org.uk | August Sander, Death Mask of Erich Sander 1944 |
For almost ten years, Erich Sander, the son of world-famous photographer August Sander from Cologne, served time in Siegburg Penitentiary after he was sentenced to a prison sentence of ten years for preparing high treason (resistance to the Nazi regime) in 1935. On March 23, 1944, Erich Sander died in prison. As a prison photographer, Erich Sander documented the situation of political prisoners in the Siegburg Penitentiary and smuggled...