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A group of Jewish artists, 1934. Lodz [LCID: 84063]
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Many artists were affected by the Holocaust and World War II. Some channeled the persecution they experienced into their art, whether as a form of communication, documentation, or resistance. Explore more content related to artists and what they created during and after the Holocaust. 

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1943 portrait of Edgar Krasa drawn by Leo Haas in Theresienstadt. [LCID: 44157]
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1943 portrait of Edgar Krasa drawn by Leo Haas in Theresienstadt
1943 watercolor landscape of Theresienstadt painted by Otto Samisch. [LCID: 44181]
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1943 watercolor landscape of Theresienstadt painted by Otto Samisch
A Group of Artists Pose around Varian Fry at the Villa Air-Bel outside Marseille
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A group of artists pose around Varian Fry at the Villa Air-Bel
In a take-off of travel posters advertising peaceful vacation spots, Beifeld draws a picture of a Hungarian military tent pitched ... [LCID: 58022a]
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Art and Survival: György Beifeld's Visual Memoir from the Russian Front, 1942–1943
Georg Grosz, a Communist satirical artist and painter, seen here in his studio in Berlin. [LCID: 66021]
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Artist Georg Grosz
Marc Chagall, the Russian Jewish artist, at work in his studio in southern France. [LCID: 10116]
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Artist Marc Chagall in his studio
Ludwig Meidner, The Corner House (Villa Kochmann, Dresden), 1913. [LCID: meidner2]
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Artist on the Blacklist: Ludwig Meidner
Album cover featuring a road sign with the Hungarian Labor Service company number 109/13 posted in a muddy wasteland. [LCID: 57941]
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Beifeld album cover
In a take-off of travel posters advertising peaceful vacation spots, Beifeld draws a picture of a Hungarian military tent pitched ... [LCID: 58022a]
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Beifeld album page
Black photo album page with a combination of black and white photographs and color drawings. There are a total of 5 pieces on the page with notes written in white pencil.
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Beifeld album page about conditions
Black photo album page with color drawings. There are 3 drawings total with notes written in white pencil.
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Beifeld album page about events of August 28, 1942
Black photo album page with color drawings. There are 3 drawings total with notes written in white pencil.
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Beifeld album page about partisans and lodgings
Black photo album page with color and grayscale drawings. There are 3 drawings total with notes written in white pencil.
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Beifeld album page about Soviet counteroffensive
Black photo album page with grayscale drawings. There are 3 drawings total with notes written in white pencil.
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Beifeld album page illustrating fortifications and first fatality
Black photo album page with a hand drawn annotated map at the top of the page and a color drawing at the bottom. There are notes written in white pencil.
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Beifeld album page illustrating military events
A page filled with pen sketches and notes on a piece of cream paper.
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Beifeld album page outlining the labor service's roles in the war effort

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