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‘Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’

Drawing by Mark Podwal

Mark Podwal
Mark Podwal Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Drawing of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Mark Podwal. Courtesy of Mark Podwal.
Mark Podwal
Mark Podwal Mark Podwal
Mark Podwal is an artist in New York. He has illustrated many of the books of his friend Elie Wiesel, and his work can be found in major museums, Jewish and non-Jewish, worldwide.
(April 18, 2024 / JNS)
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Mark Podwal
Drawing of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Mark Podwal. Courtesy of Mark Podwal.

Drawing of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which began on April 19, 1943, by Mark Podwal, from the 1980s. Depicted above the menorah is the Great Synagogue of Warsaw, which was blown up at the end of the uprising.

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