Franz Ehrlich

Franz Ehrlich (28 December 1907 in Reudnitz near Leipzig – 28 November 1984 in Bernburg) was a German architect, calligrapher and graphic designer.

In 1930, Ehrlich left the Bauhaus and followed Walter Gropius to work as a freelance designer in Berlin and later in Leipzig.

[2] After the takeover of power by National Socialism in 1933, Franz Ehrlich joined the anti-fascist resistance and took part in the production of illegal magazines and leaflets for the Young Communist League known as the Kommunistische Jugendverband Deutschlands (KJVD).

[4] Later a fellow prisoner claimed Ehrlich had helped the Resistance by passing construction details to them.

He bequeathed the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation a collection of approximately 7000 items, including life drawings, art works, furniture, plans, studies, photographs and publications.

The entrance gate of Buchenwald concentration camp designed by Ehrlich, including the motto Jedem das Seine ("To each his own")