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Art as testimony<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the end of May 1938, Georg Tauber was handed a prison sentence for forging prescriptions and committing fraud. The police used his addiction and his several courses of psychiatric treatment as a pretext to record him as \u00bbasocial\u00ab in their files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portrait photo of Georg Tauber, around 1930.
Source: Stadtarchiv N\u00fcrnberg C 21\/VII Nr. 163<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In January 1940 the Criminal Police sent Georg Tauber to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and then three months later he was transferred to Dachau concentration camp. He was 39 at the time. In Dachau he managed to establish good contacts with fellow prisoners thanks to his artistic talent. He decorated greetings cards with ornamental designs and flowers at their request and he painted watercolours for a civilian worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georg Tauber, \u00bbAlpine Hut in Front of the Matterhorn\u00ab, framed watercolour, undated.
Source: KZ<\/a>-Gedenkst\u00e4tte Dachau <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Georg Tauber, \u00bbHoly Ghost Hospital in Nuremberg\u00ab, framed watercolour, undated.
Source: KZ-Gedenkst\u00e4tte Dachau <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He produced the vast majority of his watercolours and drawings after the liberation of the camp. The works depicting crimes are of particular significance. They testify to the crimes and show the perpetrators responsible. In criminal proceedings the prosecution even used some of his pictures as incriminating evidence against members of the SS<\/a> who worked at Dachau. Georg Tauber\u2019s drawings captured testimony for future generations<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georg Tauber, \u00bbGravel Pit Watermill\u00ab, 1940. Pencil. An SS man assaults a prisoner from a work detail.
Source: Private collection<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Georg Tauber, untitled, 1945. Watercolour. Hanging of prisoners on the roll call area.
Source: Private collection <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Georg Tauber, \u00bbView into the Right-Hand Room for Corpses (Dachau)\u00ab, 30 April 1945. Pencil and watercolour.
Source: Private collection<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Georg Tauber, \u00bbDetailed View of Dachau Concentration Camp\u00ab, 1945. Pencil and watercolour. A scene after the US army had taken over the camp.
Source: Private collection <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Directly after the liberation of the camp, Georg Tauber began to seek recognition for everyone who had been persecuted by the Nazis. He founded the working group \u00bbThe Forgotten Ones\u00ab, which aimed to give a voice to people who had faced persecution as \u00bbcareer criminals\u00ab and \u00bbasocials\u00ab. However, the association made little impact and it was prohibited after just a few months. \u00bbAsocials\u00ab continued to be stigmatised after the war; the widespread opinion was that they only had themselves to blame for their misfortune. Georg Tauber was to learn that there was no solidarity among former concentration camp prisoners when it came to recognising who had been a victim of persecution under the Nazi regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georg Tauber said that he wanted to publish his memoirs under the title \u00bbThe Truth About Dachau\u00ab. However, his health prevented him from doing so. He died of the lung disease tuberculosis in October 1950. He was 49 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georg Tauber, untitled, 1945. Watercolour and ink. A prisoner puts SS men through a mincing machine. Tauber captioned the picture as follows: \u00bbIn memory of H. Kempter. By Tauber Gg., former concentration camp prisoner. An SS concern constructed with the toil of the prisoners, W\u00fclfert Tinned Goods profited tenfold from the war. Tauber Gg 1945\u00ab.
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Die SS (\u00bbSchutzstaffel\u00ab) unter der Leitung von Heinrich Himmler versteht sich als elit\u00e4rer Wehrverband des nationalsozialistischen Staates. Mit der \u00dcbernahme und dem Umbau der Polizei durch Himmler wird die SS zum zentralen Terrorinstrument des Regimes. 1934 erh\u00e4lt sie erh\u00e4lt die Kontrolle \u00fcber s\u00e4mtliche Konzentrationslager. Das 1939 gebildete Reichssicherheitshauptamt, die Planungszentrale f\u00fcr die Verbrechen im deutsch besetzten Europa, ist ihr zugeordnet.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Abk\u00fcrzung f\u00fcr Konzentrations\u00adlager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bezeichnung f\u00fcr alle im Herrschaftsbereich der Nationalsozialisten errichteten Haftst\u00e4tten f\u00fcr politische Gegner\/-innen oder Menschen, die zu solchen erkl\u00e4rt wurden. Die Gefangenen sterben an schwerer k\u00f6rperlicher Zwangsarbeit, Unterern\u00e4hrung, Krankheiten, Folter sowie durch gezielte und willk\u00fcrliche Morde. Die Lager stehen unter Kontrolle der SS (Schutzstaffel). Zwischen 1933 und 1945 waren insgesamt 2,5 bis 3,5 Millionen Menschen in Konzentrations\u00adlagern inhaftiert.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Georg Tauber started out as an advertising illustrator for the press and the film industry. After sustaining an injury, he was given morphine for pain relief and became addicted to it. However, Georg Tauber never had enough money to fund his morphine addiction. As a result, he got into trouble with the law. He was admitted to Erlangen Psychiatric Hospital on several occasions because of his substance abuse, but he never managed to beat his addiction.
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