Wilhelm Werner (1898 – 1940)

In 1919, Wilhelm Werner was admitted to Werneck hospital with a diagnosis of »idiocy«. He was forcibly sterilised. 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.

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