His death has repeatedly tempted art historians, especially Wilhelm Fraenger, to read his surviving work as a political manifesto.
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In 1940, he applied for work building stage sets at several theaters in Berlin and with the help of Wilhelm Fraenger, found work painting scenery at the Schiller Theater.