early life and education troller, norbert, a czech-american architect and artist, was born in brno, czech republic in 1896. he served as a soldier in world war i, taken prisoner by the italians but released within a year. after the war, he studied architecture at the brno technical university and later at the academy of fine arts in vienna. artistic expression in the face of adversity in 1942, troller was deported to theresienstadt concentration camp, where he utilized his artistic skills to document life within the camp. his works, characterized by their poignant portrayal of daily life, ser…