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.

                                untitled (Theatre)
                                Paul Schwarz 1943
                                watercolour on paper
                                Jewish Museum of Australia Collection