Fred Terna

Frederick Terna (October 8, 1923 – December 8, 2022) was an Austrian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor who lived for many years in Brooklyn, New York.

Early life and Shoah Frederick Terna was born Friedrich Arthur Taussig to Jochanan "Jan" and Lona (née Herzog) Taussig in Vienna on October 8, 1923. In 1926, his brother Tomáš "Tommy" was born. After the German invasion of 1939, the brothers Fred and Tommy were barred from attending school as Jews. The false identity was discovered in 1941 and the family was sent to concentration camps. He was then transferred to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he was briefly reunited with his father, who had been deported to Theresienstadt in December 1941. His entire family was murdered in the Shoah. Terna's funeral was held at Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn, where he had been a longtime member.