1903

Born February 12th in
Bratislava / Pressburg / Pozsony

1909-21

Elementary, Middle and High School with Graduation, followed by Art History and Painting studies under Prof. František Reichentál und
Prof. Gustáv Mallý in Bratislava
Also worked as caricaturist and artist for advertisement placards

1921-41

Entry to the interior decoration business of his father, marriage, founding his own firm, later expropriation through Aryanisation

1944

28 September: Arrest of the whole family in Bratislava
29 September: Deportation to the Slovakian concentration camp Sereď
3-4 November: Deportation to the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
Tattoo No. B 14395

1945

18 January: Evacuation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
Survival in the typhus-ridden barracks in Althammer / Stará Kuźnia, an outer camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau
27 Januar: Liberation in Althammer by the Red Army
End of April: Return to Bratislava
Began the cycle "Visions from the Inferno – Art against Oblivion”

1949-50

Emigration with the family to Vienna, Austria
Lives in Vienna, New York and, since the 60's, in Germany

1983

Died in Vienna on August 18th