The Cheder of Mir.

LEHMANN, BERT.

Oil on canvas. Framed.

Swedish-born Bert Lehmann (1916-2015) emigrated to Hamburg with his family of Orthodox German Jews - his father wanted to avail his sons of a Torah education - only to return to Sweden in 1933 with Hitler coming to power and the onset of religious persecution in Germany. After attending art school and participating in religious Zionist kibbutzim in Scandinavia, Lehmann learnt in the Yeshiva of Mir, one of the most illustrious yeshivos of the Lithuanian world. Later in life Lehmann put the images and memories of the yeshiva and surroundings onto canvas.