Poster calling to document testimonies about the holocaust period, issued by the "Central Historical Commission" in Lodz. Lodz, 1945. Design: Pinchas Schuldenrein (signed in print). Yiddish and Polish.
An open book is seen in front; on the right page appears the inscription "Vehigadeta Lebincha" (Hebrew: and thou shall tell your son). Behind the book, a seven-branched Menorah. In the background - ruins of a Jewish town. An inscription in Yiddish on top of the poster: "The Historical truth will be the grave of Fascism"; on the lower part an inscription in Polish: "The Historical Truth is the Weapon of the Struggle against Fascism".
The artist Pinchas Schuldenrein was born in Poland and studied in the Warsaw Academy of Arts. After the Holocaust he established an art studio in the area of the displaced-persons camp in Zeilsheim with the aid of the JDC, where he created his famous work - "Yizkor". He taught art to children in the displaced-persons camps and his work was inspired by the Holocaust. In 1947 Zeilsheim immigrated to the USA and settled in New York. A few years later he changed his name to Paul Sharon. In New York he worked as an independent graphic artist and for the Schlesinger Brothers, until his death in 1998. 49.5X71 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Professionally restored tears. Mounted on acid-free paper.
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.