JÓZEF MROZEK

Born in Gorlice, Poland; killed in1945 in Litomőřice, a Flossenbürg subcamp in the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)

Work Assignments at Auschwitz

Mrozek, who received prisoner number 103137 at Auschwitz, was assigned to the construction office (Baubüro) because of his drafting skills.  There, he worked with fellow prisoner and artist Marian Ruzamski.

Art Produced at Auschwitz

Mrozek filled a sketch pad with 23 portraits, that included one of Xawery Dunikowski and one of Mrozek by Ruzamski.

Death at Litomőřice
Mrozek was killed in spring of 1945 during the evacuation of the Flossenbürg subcamp at Litomőřice.

Bibliography:

Szymanska, Irena.  "Portret w obozie oświęcimskim," Przeglad lekarski no. 1 (1985), 93-104.