Edith Kiss
1905–1966
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- sculptor
Edith Bán Kiss (also Edit, née Rott 1905 â 27 October 1966) was a Hungarian sculptor and painter.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Ravensbrück concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Edith Bán Kiss (also Edit, née Rott 1905 â 27 October 1966) was a Hungarian sculptor and painter. In the autumn of 1944, she was deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in northern Germany and then transferred to the Daimler-Benz factory at Ludwigsfelde where she was forced to work on aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe. Shortly after her release at the end of the war, she illustrated her experiences of concentration camps with 30 gouache sketches which were exhibited in Budapest in late 1945. There was however little recognition of her work in the West. As a result, following the death of her husband she committed suicide in Paris in 1966. In 1992, her Deportation series was exhibited in Berlin, Paris and Budapest.
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