Albert Birkle - The Railway Attendant

      Albert Birkle was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, 1900. Some of his artworks were declared to be degenerate art and were confiscated by Nazis. During the Second World War, Birkle managed to avoid military service by volunteering for Reich labour service. As a dedicated pacifist, he worked as a war artist, painted a fresco at the barracks in Glasenbach, but was sent to France as a war correspondent. The painting here is just an example of his prolific work.