Desperation and Death

1 image

Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: [ca. 1954-1956] (indexed as 1954–1956)
Level: item
Scope & content: Black ink on white paper. Outdoor scene depicting confrontation between German soldiers and ghetto resistance fighters. In the foreground two men are being killed by a German soldier pointing a flame-thrower at them. In the background one can see a tank and ghetto buildings on fire. The print makes reference to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April and May, 1943. Narrative: All 16 of the prints in this series depict life of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Printmaker, book illustrator and painter, Stefan Mrozewski was born in Czéstochowa, Poland. Mrozewski's prints are in permament collections of several public art collections in Europe and North America. The artist was married to Irena Blizinska. An ardent patriot, he was a volunteer in the Polish Army in the war against the Soviet Union in 1920, as well as during the Second World War when he served in Armia Krajowa, the clandestine Polish Home Army.
In the picture: Crowd Fire Fire Damage Helmet Man Military Military Uniform Print Rubble Ruin Smoke Soldier War WomanTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
Location: No place found in this description yet.
Suggest location

More details

As harvested (andornot)