Hermann Otto Hoyer
German painter (1893–1968)
Hermann Otto Hoyer (1893-1968) was a German painter. He was injured in World War I and fitted with a prosthesis hand. He joined the Nazi Party in 1931 and served as a deputy local group leader. He withdrew from public political activity in 1934 but continued to create Nazi-inspired paintings.
Life
Hermann Otto Hoyer completed an apprenticeship as a glass painter and enrolled at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts in 1914. He was a participant in the First World War and went into the field with the 1st Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 75. Hoyer was wounded in the First Battle of the Marne in 1914 and was taken prisoner of war by the French for three years. He made four escape attempts, including from a penal camp in Tunisia, to which he had been transferred in the meantime. During the last escape in October 1917, he lost his right arm and was exchanged for Germany.
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