Georges Ascher (Q25873701)
peintre polonais
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| français | Georges Ascher |
peintre polonais |
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| anglais | Georges Ascher |
Polish Jewish painter (1884-1943) |
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1884
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1943
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1933
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1938
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In November 1942, the Nazi military occupied the Vichygovernment’s Free Zone of Southern France. Beginning inJanuary 1943, the SS launched Operation Sultan, sweepingthrough Marseille and conducting brutal roundups ofJews who had sought refuge in the former Free Zone.Ascher, along with over 1,000 foreign Jewish men aged16 to 65, was arrested and sent to the Gurscamp, roughly 600 kilometers from La Ciotat.During his arrest, the works in his studio weredestroyed.On March 2, 1943, at age 59, Ascher wasdeported from Gurs on convoy no. 50. Therewere 770 men on this transport, including otherwell-known foreign-born artists and writers,such as German painter and sculptor OttoFreundlich. En route, the convoy picked up anadditional 100 or so deportees from Drancy,among them 66 women. Convoy no. 50 leftDrancy on March 4 to its final destination,Majdanek. Ascher’s wife Rayzle, age 51, anddaughter Suzanne, age 15, were interned atthe Les Milles camp near Marseille. On October7, 1943, they were deported from Drancy toAuschwitz-Birkenau on convoy no. 60. Anotherwoman who had taken refuge in the south ofFrance was present on the same transport: theartist Charlotte Salomon, who was five monthspregnant with her own child.Few of Ascher’s works survived the war. (anglais)
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