Bruno Voigt, born in Gotha, Thuringia, was the son of a teacher and drawing instructor. His father, always active in the Social Democratic Party, was one of the instigators of the 1918 revolution. Voigt began his studies in Gotha, but transferred to the College of Fine Arts in Weimar after the death of his father in 1924.

There he became involved in the political action group Red Unit and worked with the political cabaret Red Rockets. By 1932, his artistic career began to take off, and he signed a contract with Bavaria Verlag, Gautig, to publish his caricatures and prints.
Voigt’s art and politics were already inextricably entwined, and in December 1933 he founded the Left Cartel of the Workers of the Mind to combat the Th...