Franz Heckendorf

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Born(1888-11-05)5 November 1888
Died17 August 1962(1962-08-17) (aged 73)
OccupationPainter
Franz Heckendorf
Born(1888-11-05)5 November 1888
Died17 August 1962(1962-08-17) (aged 73)
OccupationPainter

Franz Heckendorf (5 November 1888 17 August 1962) was a German expressionist painter closely associated with the Berlin Secession.[1] He contributed works to the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[2] His work was highly regarded during the Weimar Republic but from 1937 was classed as entartete Kunst.[3] During World War II, he was incarcerated in various prisons and eventually in Mauthausen concentration camp for helping Jews escape over the Swiss border.[4]

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