Born: 30 July 1898, Austria
Died: 9 October 1944
Country most active: Austria
Also known as: Frederika Dicker, Friedl Brandeisova
The following bio was written by Emma Rosen, author of On This Day She Made History: 366 Days With Women Who Shaped the World and This Day In Human Ingenuity & Discovery: 366 Days of Scientific Milestones with Women in the Spotlight, and has been republished with permission.
In 1942, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (with husband Pavel) was deported to Terezin, the “model ghetto.”
She was a Jewish-Austrian artist and educator who studied and then taught at the Weimer Bauhaus, working in textile design, printmaking, bookbinding, and typography. During her stay in Terezin, she gave art classes and helped organize secret education for children.
Before she was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Camp, where she perished, she saved thousands of children’s drawings now on display in Prague.