Artist · France

1915 to 1942

Work

“comics artist”

Portrait of Horst Rosenthal
Born1915
Born inWrocław
CountryFrance
Alsocartoonist
Died1942
Died inAuschwitz

Horst Rosenthal.

comics artist · cartoonist

France, 1915 to 1942

In short

Horst Sigmund Rosenthal (10 August 1915 to 11 September 1942) was a German-born cartoonist of Jewish descent. He is best known for his 1942 French comic book Mickey au Camp de Gurs (Mickey Mouse in the Gurs Internment Camp) which he created while he was a prisoner at the Gurs internment camp in France during World War II. He was later transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland, where he was murdered on arrival. Rosenthal also created two other French comic books while incarcerated in Gurs, La Journée d'un Hébergé (A Day in the Life of a Camp Resident) and Petit Guide à travers le Camp de Gurs (Little Guide Through the Gurs Camp).

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Biodata

Born
1915, Wrocław
Died
1942, Auschwitz
Citizenship
France, Weimar Republic, German Empire
Work
comics artist, cartoonist, illustrator, painter
Career

Horst Rosenthal, in numbers

Lifetime

Sketchbook

Portrait of Horst Rosenthal