Two Jewish iconographic motifs drawn by Moshe Perl: <<*>> Ten Commandments. <<*>> Shevithi.

These two images were created by Holocaust survivor Moshe Perl, on commission from US Army chaplain Leo Ginsburg, in Dachau, shortly following the liberation. Apparently the plaques were later utilized for services held in an impromptu synagogue in a DP camp. <<Provenance paperwork accompanies the lot.>> Moshe Perl was born in 1912 in Radom, Poland, into a family of Gur Chassidim. Since childhood he had a talent at drawing, and despite a traditional Orthodox upbringing, this was encouraged. It was Perl’s skill in artistry and sign-painting that made him useful to the Nazis and even in Auschwitz he received preferential treatment due to his talents as an artisan. After the war Perl settled in Israel and died in Tel Aviv in 2007. Some of his artwork can be found in the Museum of Yad Vashem. For Perl’s obituary, see Hamodia, 17th April, 2008.