Yehuda Bacon (Czechoslovakia, 1929) … To the Man who Restored my Belief in Humanity
These pieces from the Yad Vashem Art Collection show how survivors reacted to their liberation through art. Click HERE for the complete online exhibit.
Alfred Neumann (1900- 1968) Woman on a Balcony … Terezin, 1945
Jakob Zim (Cymberknopf) (b. 1920) View of Buchenwald, a Few Days after Liberation, 1945
Thomas Geve (Stefan Cohn) (b. 1929) Hurrah, the FREEDOM … Buchenwald DP camp, 1945
Israel Alfred Glück (1921 – 2007) Liberation … Bergen-Belsen DP Camp, 1945
Thanks for sharing Yad Vashem’s Art. Amongst its many galleries and displays is an art museum that will take your breath away. This art museum features walls and walls of drawings and paintings that were created by artists held in death camps. These works of art, some gruesome, some hopeful, give us an inside look at the emotions Holocaust victims experienced. At the same time, the pieces remind us of the inherent ability we as humans have to look within ourselves and draw out passion and beauty in the most hideous circumstances.
Was at Yad Vashem last May. Ran out of time. Such a fascinating sobering place. Wish I could have seen the display you speak of. Thanks for your reply!