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A Showcase of Female Illustrated Post-WWII Books and Diaries

JL;DR SUMMARY The exhibition "Who Will Draw Our History? Women's Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949," showcased at the Kniznick Gallery for Feminist Art at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, highlights powerful artworks by female Holocaust survivors. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustArtHadassah Brandeis InstituteAdolf Eichmann TrialFemale ArtistsHistorical ExhibitionsZofia RozenstrauchGraphic NarrativesRachel E. Perry

Places mentioned

Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"The 20-foot-long accordion book of 19 watercolor and pen-and-ink drawings is titled Auschwitz Death Camp."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"was created in 1945 by Zofia Rozenstrauch, after the Warsaw-born architecture student was liberated from Auschwitz."
Israel
"and its sibling the graphic memoir. That genre is perhaps employed most effectively and famously to explore Holocaust themes in Art Spiegelmans Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus."
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
"new exhibition, Who Will Draw Our History? Womens Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949, at the Kniznick Gallery for Feminist Art at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute in Waltham, Mass."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"Perry, who teaches Holocaust studies at the University of Haifa and at Gratz College in Philadelphia, describes the works in the exhibition as image albums,"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Perry, who teaches Holocaust studies at the University of Haifa and at Gratz College in Philadelphia, describes the works in the exhibition as image albums,"
Budapest, Hungary
"Titled Deportation, they were first displayed in Budapest in September 1945."
Ravensbrück, Brandenburg, Germany
"Part of the archives of the Ravensbrck Memorial and Museum in Germany."
London, United Kingdom
"at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Weiner Library in London as well as other archives."
Central, Uganda
"Judy Bolton-Fasman is the author of Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets. The post A Showcase of Female Illustrated Post-WWII Books and Diaries appeared first on Hadassah Magazine."
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
"Grundig, who protested the Nazi occupation of Dresden through art, was imprisoned by the Gestapo for two years before escaping to Mandatory Palestine in 1940."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The booklet was published in Tel Aviv and copies of the original publication are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Weiner Library in London as well as other archives."
New York, United States
"The booklet was published in Tel Aviv and copies of the original publication are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Weiner Library in London as well as other archives."

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