Ernst Toller's Death Mask in the LBI Collection

Toller’s face, cast by American artist Florence Hesketh Wertham in 1939, carries the weight of a turbulent life: shaped by war, revolution, and forced flight. Once a leader in post-WWI Bavaria, his words lit stages and sparked debate—until persecution drove him from Europe. He died in New York, far from the country he tried to save.

Now part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s George L. Mosse Collection. AR 25137
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