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How these Dutch Jewish artists aided the resistance with children's books

JL;DR SUMMARY During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Jewish artists Jacob Kloot and Anna Galinka Ehrenfest used their talent to resist by publishing children's books under the pseudonym El Pintor. 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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HolocaustJewish ArtistsDutch ResistanceNazi OccupationChildren's BooksRare BooksEl PintorJacob KlootAnna Galinka EhrenfestArt And Resistance

Places mentioned

Netherlands
"children living under the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II."
Germany
"Proving popular within the Netherlands, some of the couples titles were even translated into German and sold within the Third Reich itself."
New York, United States
"Ursus Books, who is displaying a collection of 23 El Pintor books at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend."
Poland
"Gestapo arrested him and sent him to Sobibor, where he was killed."

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