[citation needed] Following Hitler's ascension to power, Weiss sought refuge in Britain in 1938, but was denied a working permit until 1939 when the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, when his status changed from visitor to refugee.
Due to the difficulty of finding jobs, he accepted most offers, including making wartime propaganda posters, illustrations for Czech publications, and portrait sketches for The Daily Telegraph.
[citation needed] His portrait gallery of some thousand drawings of international personalities is a historic microcosm of the mid-20th Century.
[3] Aside from his portraits, the Monitor published pages'-worth of his article-illustrations as well as sketches from his travels—many from Austria—for which the president of Austria, Adolf Schärf, awarded him their Golden Badge of Honor in 1964.
For lower back pain, he advised a sheet of red flannel folded in half and draping over it a string that wrapped around the waist.