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Max Beckmann Bequest Raises Questions for Berlin Museums
The gift from the widow of Erhard Göpel, a dealer who worked for Hitler and engaged in the plunder of Jewish collections during World War II, raises ethical questions.
drawing by holocaust survivor Peter Loewenstein in black and white ink depicts a scene from the Holocaust using faces, profiles, and jackets with stars on them
Eyewitness Drawings from inside the Holocaust
Through the written accounts of survivors and black and white photographs and films we can begin to fathom the depravity of the concentration camps. A new exhibition is adding another voice to those…