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“Yizkor.” Text in Hebrew. Designed by Pinchas Schuldenrein.

Auction 65 · Lot 194

“Yizkor.” Text in Hebrew. Designed by Pinchas Schuldenrein.

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
$2,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(HOLOCAUST).

Place

Zeilsheim, Germany, circa 1945

Description

Framed.

summary

In commemoration of the Six Million Jews killed by the German Nazis and their accomplices, the image depicts the Hebrew word “Remember” with two burning candles flanking and within a pool of blood the large graphic numbers: 6,000,000. Within the digits are scenes of devastation: Destruction of synagogues, humiliation, suffering, death, cremation. At base, in Hebrew script: “For He Who Avenges Blood Remembers Them” (Psalms 9:13).
14 x 20 inches.
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