Erich Glas

Erich Glas (1897 - 1973) was a German and Israeli artist. His origin is German Jewish.

Born in 1897, he served as a commando soldier and later as a pilot in the Imperial German Army. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1919 - 1920) and later at the Bauhaus. He joined "The Young Rheinland", artistic group which was founded by Ulrich Leman. In 1934 he left Germany because of the Nazi regime and started living in Kibbutz Yagur in Israel.

His son, Gotthard Glas, better known under the adopted name Uziel Gal was the designer of the Uzi submachine gun.