Johann Wilhelm Rukeli Trollmann
created: 08. 07. 2021 09:40 modified: 08. 07. 2021 09:42
The author of the portrait is the Romani artist Jozef Fečo. The portrait is one of the outcomes of the project Roma Theater – Secret Values of the Largest Minority in the Visegrad Region (2020); the project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund. The portrait is painted on canvas, the genre is street art. The measures of the portrait are 100 cm x 120 cm. The picture is in the frame.
JOHANN WILHELM "RUKELI" TROLLMANN
He was born on December 27, 1907 in Wilsche, Germany. His Romani name Rukkeli means tree, due to his height and perfectly straight posture. He grew up in Hanover, along with eight siblings. He was a regional boxing champion, later a professional boxer. In 1933, athletes of non-Aryan origin were excluded from the boxing clubs, including the Sinto Trollmann. In June 1933 he became the German lightweight champion, eight days later his title was taken away. He was imprisoned in the Hannover-Ahlem labor camp, recruited to the Wehrmacht in 1939, wounded on the Eastern Front and in 1942 imprisoned in the Neuengamme concentration camp. After severe abuse, he was murdered in 1944 in a camp in Wittenberge.
author: Jozef Fečo
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 30. 11. 2020
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo Johann Wilhelm Rukeli Trollmann general audience internal
