Holocaust, Warsaw Ghetto Remembered in New Montclair State Exhibit
Murals, paintings and drawings by artist Israel Bernbaum depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising were donated to the university in 2011 and are now on display.
As Holocaust survivor Gina Lanceter looked at paintings of Nazi concentration camps unveiled at Montclair State University Thursday, she said they needed to be seen. The images must be preserved; never be forgotten. “I went through all of this, so to me it is very dear and very close to my heart,” said Lanceter. “It is a beautiful exhibit. And maybe beautiful is not the right word, but ... I think that students, kids should see it.” Seventy years after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in German-occupied Poland, Montclair State unveiled paintings by Israel Bernbaum that preserve the history of the largest revolt by Jews against Nazis during World War II. These works, said President of Montclair State Susan Cole, “commemorate a tragic period of…
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10:04 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
A good point, Fran Weber. There were many many groups victimized by the holocaust carried out by the Germans during WWII. Innocent communists suffered too. more ›