Museum Holocaust showcases the paint roller used by brother Wohlfahrt

[Jwanon]

 

[daydream]

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1140

Wallpaper sample created by Franz Wohlfahrt while imprisoned at Strafgefangenenlager Rollwald labor camp in Germany from 1940-1945. The paint roller and stencil used to create this sample are in collection 2008.448. Franz, 20, was jailed in 1940 because, as a Jehovah's Witness, his beliefs did not permit him to put any authority before God. He would not submit to the authority of the German government or serve in the military. In 1943, at Rollwad, the new camp commandant, Karl Strumpf, was decorating his villa and Franz was assigned to the work detail. Franz experimented with latex paint and produced an effect like wallpaper, which was not available at the time. Strumpf got to know Franz through his work at the villa and saved his life on 3 occasions, shielding him from death by beheading for his refusal to serve in the military. The camp was liberated by the United States Army in March 1945.

 

 

[Pabo]

When I was much younger, my father and I were doing some repainting at my grandparents place where we had to strip off about 7-9 layers of wallpaper. But when we got the last wallpaper layer off, we had discovered that the gyprock sheeting had lime green paint base coat which a pinkish pattern rolled paint which was similiar to the pattern of that roller with the flowers. The house was originally a ex-housing commission home which they were they first tenanted after immigrating from Austria, but then offered to by the home when they were settled in.

 

Seeing this roller, where the brother was from the same country as my grandparents (they weren't in the truth) just brought back some memories.

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https://odditymall.com/patterned-paint-roller

I wonder if this was the kind of wall painting Brother Franz Wohlfahrt was doing for the camp commandant, Karl Strumpf.

 

Spoiler

A great alternative to wallpaper, the patterned paint roller is (quite self explanatory), a roller that rolls paint onto your wall using a pattern. As you roll it onto the wall it collects paint from the second roller, which is where you apply the paint. Choose from a plethora of different patterns to suit your pattern making needs.