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  9. Ungar, Otto (* 27.11.1901)

    Born 1901 in Brno. Died 1945 in Weimar. Czech Artist and art grammar school teacher. Ungar worked in the Drawing Studio of the Technical Department in Terezín and painted many pictures in Terezín. On July 17th 1944 Ungar was sent to the Small Fortress due to "atrocity propaganda" together with other artists who painted the life in Terezín. Transported to Terezín in January 1942. Transported to Auschwitz in October 1944. Liberated in Buchenwald. Died in a hospital in Weimar in July 1945.

  15. Weidmann, František (* 23.2.1910)

    Born 1910 in Prague. Died 1944 in Auschwitz. From 1930 to 1931, while studying law, served as a chairman of the Kapper Academic Society, student organization of the Czech Jewish movement. In September 1939, he was ordered by the Nazis to be the chairman of the Jewish Community in Prague, a position that also made him responsible for all Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Transported to Terezín in Januray 1943. Deported to Auschwitz with the last transport from Terezím on 28 October 1944.