Hans Sachs (poster collector), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Sachs (poster collector)

German poster collector

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1881

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1974

Profession: dentist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hans Sachs was a Berlin dentist whose greatest accomplishment came from his passion for posters.
He was the leading founder of an important group devoted to collecting posters which started an influential poster magazine.
Before the seizure of his collection of 12,500 posters during Kristallnacht on 9 November 1938, he had the largest collection of posters in Germany, probably in the world.
He was able to escape to the United States, but he never regained possession of the posters.
After years of court battles, 4344 posters were returned to his son in 2013.
Some will be given to museums, but most have been or will be sold at auction.