Joseph Bau
Joseph Bau | |
|---|---|
| יוסף באו | |
Joseph Bau | |
| Born | 18 June 1920 |
| Died | 24 May 2002 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Polish, Israeli |
| Education | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts University of Plastic Arts |
| Spouse |
Rebecca Tennenbaum
(m. 1943; died 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
Joseph Bau (Hebrew: יוסף באו; 18 June 1920 – 24 May 2002) was a Polish-born Israeli artist, animator and writer. A survivor of the The Holocaust, Bau was sent to Brünnlitz labor camp operated by Oskar Schindler. The wedding between him and his wife Rebecca Tennenbaum, secretly conducted in the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, is portrayed in Steven Spielberg's movie Schindler's List. He later became known as the "Israeli Walt Disney".