Charlotte Salomon: the Woman Whose Art Defied Death at Auschwitz

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An extraordinary exhibit is now underway in Nice of work by 26-year-old Charlotte Salomon, who fled there from Germany only to be captured and sent to the death camps.

Published Mar. 12 2016 12:00AM EST

articles/2016/03/12/charlotte-salomon-the-woman-whose-art-defied-death-at-auschwitz/160311-kennedy-defied-auschwitz-tease_kovlsa — Jewish Historical Museum

NICE, France — Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter from Berlin, was among thousands of Jews who fled to one of the few places they felt safe during World War II: this sunny paradise on the Mediterranean.

“The war raged on and I sat by the sea and saw deep in...

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Charlotte Salomon: the Woman Whose Art Defied Death at Auschwitz

An extraordinary exhibit is now underway in Nice of work by 26-year-old Charlotte Salomon, who fled there from Germany only to be captured and sent to the death camps.

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Dana Kennedy