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R224 – Kindertransport

This drawing signed by Adrian Basu was inspired by Lilli Tauber’s story. Jewish kids were forced to abandon their families just to stay alive. Kindetransport saved many lives from Nazi hate and destruction.

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R222 – Enclosed suffering

This painting is about the men, women and children who suffered in the Nazi extermination camps (suggested by the barbed wire) and lost their lives or were forever marked by this experience.

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R221 – Lost Humanity

The painting Lost humanity depicts the tragedy of the Holocaust. Jewish people were sent to extermination camps (suggested by the fences with the Nazi flag and barbed wire) where they lost their life or suffered a lot (the main figure is like a shadow, bent in a cry). The days and nights of their suffering […continue]

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R214 – Hope in humanity

This painting depicts a sad teddy bear and a luggage with a number, as a symbol of the Jewish kids who were forced to leave their families and homes in Kindertransport in order to stay alive.

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R193 – The gased souls of Auschwitz

This painting is a reminder of the murdered souls in the gas chamber of Auschwitz.

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R194 – The Girl Who Lived Forever

Anne Frank was 13 years old when she started writing in her diary. My drawing is meant to capture the ordinary and child-like feelings experienced by this extraordinary girl, the same way her entries eternalized her existence. Although Anne’s life came to an end way ahead of time, her memory remains intact.

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R213 – Children of the Holocaust

The drawing is in black and white. A Jewish girl stands behind a barbed wire fence, while hands of her oppressors cut her hair, threaten her with a gun and do medical procedures.

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R171 – Războiul

Războiul prin ochii unui copil

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R150 – Căutând un sens al existenței

Acuarelă pornind de la cartea lui Viktor Frankl “Omul în căutarea sensului vieții”

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R151 – Renaștere

Desen pornind de la cartea lui Viktor Frankl “Omul în căutarea sensului vieții”

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