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Lederer Artur

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1931-1940, sign. L 585/31

* 7. 2. 1870
AAn 645 – 6. 7. 1942, Terezín (Theresienstadt)
Bv 1692 – 15. 10. 1942, Treblinka

Artur Lederer was born at Hořehledy in Plzeň (Pilsen), and he spent his youth in Spálené Poříčí (Brennporitschen). In 1909 he moved to Prague, where in 1904 he married an Englishwoman, Sibylla, née Peny (1883–1937). The marriage was childless.

Initially Artur Lederer was a feather merchant, but by 1910 he was working as a clerk for the Assicurazioni Generali insurance company. His health was somewhat weak, and he frequently spent time convalescing at spas in Germany.

After the death of his wife, he moved out of their apartment on Wenceslas Square to Dlouhá St.

In July 1942 he was transported to Terezín, and three months later he was deported onward to Treblinka.

In June 1944 two items belonging to Lederer were selected from the Treuhandstelle to become “Reich property” – a painting and a drawing, which were taken to the Strahov depot as a Reich deposit for the Bohemian and Moravian Provincial Gallery. The painting – a portrait of Emperor Leopold II – was briefly loaned to the SS Junkerschule, but in February 1945 it was returned to the gallery, where it remains to this day. The pastel drawing of Countess Eleonora Colloredo Meltz was selected by the National Cultural Commission (NKK) from the Strahov depot; in 1950 it was taken to the Sychrov chateau, where it remains today.

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1931-1940, sign. L 585/31