#SaturdayNightArt
Klara Wertheimer lived in Vienna; as an artist, she mainly painted portraits and still lifes
In November 1941, she was deported to the Lodz ghetto, where she was murdered in July 1942
Most of her works were looted or destroyed at the time of her arrest
The 2022 #NobelPrize laureate in literature Annie Ernaux believes in the liberating force of writing. Her work is uncompromising and written in plain language, scraped clean.
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2022 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.”
#OTD 18 July 1947, Jewish Holocaust survivors, deemed to be “illegal immigrants” by the British government, were removed by soldiers from the ship Exodus upon its arrival in Haifa; the survivors were eventually deported to Germany
Learn more: https://t.co/A0ZyVrzork
#7/7, 17 years since 52 including my dear friend Miriam Hyman died in #LondonBombings. Miss her so and lucky to have known her, - the strength, resilience and dedication of her family can be seen via work done https://t.co/83mDn4Insn a worthy legacy for an incalculable loss 🖤