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Loti Smorgon Gallery
11 April 2010 – 13 March 2011
Theresienstadt: Drawn from the Inside
Works from the Jewish Museum of Australia Collection
Original drawings and watercolours that were created in Theresienstadt
by Paul Schwartz and Leo Lowit reveal a triumph of the human spirit. Fortified
by high walls and a moat, the historic town of Terezin was turned into a ghetto
by
the Nazis during World War II and was used a way-station en route to the death
camps. Manipulated to deceive the world about their mistreatment of the Jews,
the town
had a hidden side. Through these works the exhibition explores the many layers
of duplicity engendered in these extraordinary times.
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untitled (Theatre)
Paul Schwarz 1943
watercolour on paper
Jewish Museum of Australia Collection
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