![]() ![]() In 1959, he started using the more advanced Flexaret 6圆 camera, and engaged in painting and drawing. ![]() He apprenticed to a photographer and in 1952 started working as a print shop worker, where he worked until 1983. Both sons and father survived the war.Īccording to Saudeks's biography, he got his first camera, a Kodak Baby Brownie, in 1950. His father, Gustav, was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in February 1945. Jan and his brother Karel, or Kája, were held in a children's concentration camp for Mischlinge, located near the present Polish-Czech border. Many of his family died in Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Saudek's father was a Jew and this, coupled with his Slavic (Czech) heritage, caused his family to become a target of the Nazis. ![]()
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