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Tablecloth. Germany. Dachau. Block printing, post WWII

Stamped in Dachau. Post WWII.

 

Bernhard Altmann entered the textile trade in Vienna in 1915, and he opened his textile, weaving and printing company in Dachau in 1919. His company grew to employ 1000 people by 1938 before the German Anschluss forced him to flee to London. His brother Fritz Altmann was taken prisoner by the Nazis, and Bernhard was forced to sign over the business in return for Fritz's release from Dachau Concentration Camp.

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Uploaded on February 2, 2015
Taken on February 5, 2012