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My Grandfather in Auschwitz

Dora Holzhandler1962

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
London, United Kingdom

Holzhandler's imaginary portrait of her grandfather, who perished in Auschwitz, was made 17 years after the end of the Second World War as an act of reflection and commemoration. It is the only one of her paintings that makes direct reference to the Holocaust.

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  • Title: My Grandfather in Auschwitz
  • Creator: Dora Holzhandler
  • Date Created: 1962
  • Physical Dimensions: 125.5 x 100 cm
  • Type: painting
  • Rights: © Dora Holzhandler
  • Medium: oil on canvas
  • Art Genre: portrait
  • Art Form: painting
  • Support: canvas
  • Depicted Person: artist's grandfather
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

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