Ravensbruck
by Joseph Brown

In this 1995-1996 work, Joseph Brown recreates the secret Bible reading of Jehovah's Witness prisoners in a barrack at Ravensbrück concentration camp. The setting is based on Brown's interviews of 15 former camp inmates and depicts some of the more than 400 Witness prisoners in the camp. The 50”x 60” oil painting was done in connection with a program at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. The work now hangs in the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp Memorial. At age 13, the artist attended the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and has since taught at NYU and the Fashion Institute of Technology. (Courtesy of the artist.)

My Grandparents, My Parents, and I
by Frida Kahlo
1936. Oil and tempera on metal panel, 12 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (30.7 x 34.5 cm).

Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, New York: Gift of
Allan Roos, M. D. and
B. Mathiau Roos, 1976
Image © 2003 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

This painting is part of an exhibit at The Jewish Museum, New York, from September 5, 2003 through January 4, 2004. For more information see The Jewish Museum.

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