Timeline

TRIESTE

YEAR

GINO PARIN

Trieste joins the House of Habsburg

1382

becomes part of the Austro-Hungarian (or Habsburg) Empire

1867

1876

born in Trieste as Frederico Pollack to a Jewish family as an Austrian national

1895

arrives in Munich to study at the Art Academy

1898

becomes a Swiss citizen, is baptized, and marries Ella Auler

1900

begins using the name Gino Parin

main synagogue is built in the city’s center

1912

World War I begins

1914

returns to Trieste and lives with Fanny Tedeschi

World War I ends

1918

becomes a part of Italy

1920

1930

paints Italy’s King and Queen, and meets Magda Springer

1937

receives the Premio del Duce (Mussolini) prize

Mussolini’s infamous speech; Racial Laws established

1938

classified as Jewish, his work as an artist is restricted

World War II begins; Nazi Germany invades Poland

1939

1942

Cristo painting begun

Nazi Germany invades Northern Italy, including Trieste

1943

crematorium is added to the prison of Risiera di San Sabba

1944

arrested in Trieste by the Gestapo; deported to Fossoli di Carpi, then Bergen-Belsen, where he dies

World War II ends

1945

1979

Magda Springer dies