The watercolor was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Janyce and Stuart Lieberman. The artist entrusted the artwork with the parents of Stuart Lieberman.
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overall: Height: 9.880 inches (25.095 cm) | Width: 9.630 inches (24.46 cm)
Artwork: 'Mizrach' artwork, watercolor created by Hilde Zadikow in Theresienstadt concentration camp. The artist was born in 1890 in Prague, Czechoslovakia and deported to Terezin with her husband Arnold (who died there) and daughter Marianne. While there, Hilde created this Mizrach [a work of art placed on a wall facing Jerusalem] in 1943. Hebrew translates to"The Lord shall grant strength to His people; the Lord shall bless His people with peac" and"For You light my lamp; the Lord, my G-d, does light my darkness" Dictated to her by Leo Baeck. Hilde and Marianne survived and immigrated to the United Stats. Hilde was acquainted with Stuart Lieberman's parents and entrusted the artwork with them. Titled"Terezi" and signed H. Zadikow 1943.
Watercolor created in Theresienstadt