Walter Spitzer (artist)

Walter Spitzer (14 June 1927 – 13 April 2021) was a Polish-born French artist and painter.

He lost his father, Samuel,[1] who died in February 1940 due to illness, and his mother, Gretta, to the Nazis.

In June 1940, his family fled to Strzemieszyce Wielkie, where he worked as a photographer and welder.

He then participated in the death marches in January 1945 before his liberation by the United States Army.

[4] After he was freed, Spitzer moved to France and studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.