Herbert Sandberg

Herbert Sandberg (April 18, 1908 – March 18, 1991) was a German artist and caricaturist.He was best known for his caricatures in the satirical magazine, Ulenspiegel, which he co-founded and art directed.He is also well known for his drawings of Bertolt Brecht and for his column, Der freche Zeichenstift in the magazine, Das Magazin.A member of the Communist Party, a Jew, and a German Resistance fighter, Sandberg spent 10 years in a Nazi prison and in Buchenwald concentration camp.He conceived the idea for Ulenspiegel while a prisoner there and began working on it almost immediately on liberation.