CULTURE AND LEISURE

Heinrich Tischler, a painter and architect who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Breslau, was a representative of Jewish Expressionism. He created emotional scenes depicting Jews immersed in fervent prayer, as well as surreal scenes of the suburbs of Breslau. In numerous self-portraits, he depicted himself with an ironic expression and a cigarillo […]

“A vacationer at that time wanted nothing more than to inhale the scent of pine and wander,” wrote historian Willy Cohn in his journal. The Tischler family chose the Giant Mountains, not far from Breslau, as their vacation spot, but also the Austrian Alps and the beaches at Lake Müritz in Mecklenburg. Many Jews, especially […]

Else Tischler, Heinrich Tischler’s wife, came from the Hadda family of artists. She had known her cousin Heinrich since childhood. She accompanied her husband both in life and in his career, and was his confidante, with whom he shared his artistic inspirations and dilemmas. After Heinrich’s death in 1938, Else, along with her sons Franz […]

For pediatrician Walther Freund, amateur performances in a string quartet were probably both entertainment and an opportunity to develop his musical talent. He inherited his love of the viola from his father, Wilhelm Salomon Freund. Walther also enjoyed performing at home with his children – Andreas, who played the violin, and Gabrielle, who played the […]

Heinz Josef Foerder, who represented Germany at the 1928 Chess Olympiad in The Hague, took his first steps as a chess player in Breslau. In 1934, Foerder emigrated to Mandatory Palestine, where he achieved further victories. Upon the proclamation of the state of Israel, he changed his name to Yosef Porath. He died in 1996. […]

This brass nameplate with the embossed signature of Heinrich Tischler probably hung on the door of his apartment at the no longer existing Lothringer Straße 9 (in the vicinity of today’s Ostra Street). His studio was also located there. The artist used the same signature for his paintings, prints, and architectural designs.

Fleeing Breslau, Else Tischler took her husband Heinrich’s painting tools from his studio. Among them were eight boxes of Lukas brand paints, a company which still exists today. The painter used the intense color palette seen here: sienna, ochre, intense yellow and orange, ultramarine and sea green.

Heinrich Tischler, a painter and architect who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Breslau, was a representative of Jewish Expressionism. He created emotional scenes depicting Jews immersed in fervent prayer, as well as surreal scenes of the suburbs of Breslau. In numerous self-portraits, he depicted himself with an ironic expression and a cigar […]

The first exhibition of the Jewish Museum Association in Breslau, dedicated to Jews in the history of Silesia, was held in 1929 in the rooms of the Silesian Museum of Artistic Crafts and Antiquities. The exhibition was intended for a wide, not exclusively Jewish, audience, and some exhibits were reproduced in the Association’s bulletin. The […]

Heinrich Tischler, Architectural perspectives (probably not realised), reproduction, undated.