The Book of Alfred Kantor
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In his book, **The Book of Alfred Kantor**, there are the 127 sketches and paintings most of which he had made while in the three concentration camps he was imprisoned in. The art in the book depicts the history Kantor witnessed like the infamous chief physician, *Josef Mengele* in his Nazi Uniform. Others in the book were re-creations since not all art was encouraged in the concentration camps. It was first published in 1971 by McGraw-Hill and the second edition was published in 1987 by Schocken Books.
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The moving and horrifying memories of a man who survived 3 detention camps, as he drew them during and after his detention at the model-ghetto Terezin (1941-1943), the death-camp Auschwitz-Burkenau (1943-1944), and the labor camp Swcharzheide (1944-1945).
After his liberation, Alfred Kantor creates a book with 127 watercolor and pencil drawings. By the summer of 1945, he had finished his book. He then begins to resume his life: he comes to America, returns to art school, and enrolls at the US Army as a glockenspiel musician. After his discharge, he returns to art school and begins to work at an advertising agency. He marries a woman who had also been in Terezin and together they raise two kids. His spare-time passion is the piano, and his home remains his joy.
One can only wonder why this book is not more well-known and more studied at school.
