Friday 28 August 2009

warsaw ghetto boy

Referencing the iconic photograph of Nazi soldiers clearing out the Warsaw Ghetto taken by the Nazi photographer Franz Konrad in 1943, Hod's paintings focus on the anonymous woman rather than the iconic boy. The “Boy...

into the Warsaw Ghetto
into the Warsaw Ghetto

boy in the Warsaw ghetto.
boy in the Warsaw ghetto.

Warsaw Ghetto vs Gaza
Warsaw Ghetto vs Gaza

To Die with Dignity
To Die with Dignity

The Warsaw Ghetto, the Nazis
The Warsaw Ghetto, the Nazis

SS in the Warsaw Ghetto,
SS in the Warsaw Ghetto,"

This new series of paintings takes its inspiration from the widely discussed Holocaust photo “Boy from the Warsaw Ghetto.” History has mainly focused on unmasking the identity of the young boy, centered in the photo with his...
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I've also read one other Holocaust fiction story, Milkweed. It is about a Jewish thief in the Warsaw ghetto, who bonds with one family and helps steal precious food for them,and their story as Warsaw becomes more dangerous.
warsaw ghetto boy

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