At the end of
the was he found
himself in
Bavaria and
reunified with
his family, who
were able to
flee from the
advancing
Communist
armies.
Sebastian Leicht
supported
himself and his
family as a
house painter
and free-lance
portrait artist,
making portraits
of US army
physicians at
the Passau base.
Later he was
able to
concentrate on
his artistic
endeavors and
became a well
known and sought
after artist.
Source: Short
biography and
numerous images
of Leicht's are
published in the
book
Genocide of the Ethnic Germans in
Yugoslavia 1944-1948, Santa Ana,
California USA. Licensed by the
Donauschwabische Kulturstiftung -
Munchen, Germany. Copyright 2001 by
Danube Swabian Association of the
U.S.A. Printed by Award Printing
Corp., Chicago, IL. ISBN:
0-9710341-0-9. Permission to
republish given
by Leo Mayer.
[Published at
DVHH.org 27 Dec
2007] |