Wilhelm Werner, * 1898 – † 1940

In 1919, Wilhelm Werner was admitted to Werneck hospital with a diagnosis of »idiocy«. He was Forced sterilization. In more than 40 drawings, he tried to come to terms with the »Triumph of Sterelation«. He became a victim of »Aktion T4« and was asphyxiated with carbon monoxide at the Pirna-Sonnenstein killing centre in 1940.

Wilhelm Werner, Triumph of Sterelation, 1930s
Wilhelm Werner, Triumph of Sterelation, 1930s © Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Inventarnummer 8083 (2008) fol. 20
Wilhelm Werner, Triumph of Sterelation, 1930s
Wilhelm Werner, Triumph of Sterelation, 1930s © Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Inventarnummer 8083 (2008) fol. 25
Wilhelm Werner, Triumph of Sterelation, 1930s
Wilhelm Werner, Triumph of Sterelation, 1930s © Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Inventarnummer 8083 (2008) fol. 6
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