The Art of the Holocaust
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The Art of the Holocaust
By: Jared Bell
Art was not only stolen by all sides of the army, but some Jewish people wrote, drew, or made songs about the horrible treatment they received in the ghettos and death camps.
Still to this day we still have not found all the art that was stolen. Even Americansoldiers tried to take art back home with them.
During the Holocaust all sides of the war stole art, but the Jewish people made art of their experiences, from journals, to paintings, and to music, for themselves or to please their German masters.
SET THE STAGE
Before the war and the Holocaust, many Jews were wealthy with many paintings and expensive oddity's, but then Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany, he then burned the art and books he considered degenerate art.
Photo by Recuerdos de Pandora
Then with the art galleries cleared of a lot of art he needed to refill them, that’s were the Jewish art comes in. The Germans took away their rights then sent them to ghettos which they paid to go to thinking it some place nice, then took their art to fill the museums.
The Germans took 21,000 art pieces from the Jewish populace. estimating at $230 billion to $320 billion worth of art, jewelry, and anything of value.
The Art of the Jews
The Jews wrote and drew what they saw in the ghettos. The Jews that defied the Nazi were killed or even if they did what they were told they were still killed. The Jews that were talented in the arts were treated better than unartistic Jews, they were given more food, and were not gassed but they had to clean the cremation room.
The way they didn’t get killed by the Germans was because they played songs for them or wrote and drew cards for the German's wives. The camp of Thereriestadt was visited by a Jewish artist named Friedl that taught kids draw art.
Many of the kids died but they left all their art behind. Then other artists in the camp made art to please their German masters, but at night they drew of the hardships they went through in the camp. Some camps or ghettos were not allowed to make art, but they did it anyway.
Their punishment for making art was death but that didn't matter because the Germans would kill you anyways. Other people wrote their experiences in the camps and left journals behind for us to find. Even musicians played their music for the German's amusement.
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The End of the Tyranny
Once the war was over many Jews went to their old houses to see if any belongings were still their or if any loved ones would return. Most Jews put their money and art in Swiss banks to keep it safe, but when they returned, the Swiss demanded to see a death certificate but they lost it all during the war. Then the Jews sewed the banks for not giving their money and art back.
Photo by Andrew Oliver
The 90th division of the U.S. Army discovered bundles of money, art, and other valuables hidden in a salt mine. Then any other art the U.S. found was sent to American museums were if ownership could be proven the U.S. would return it to its rightful owner. American judges went to courts in Germany to judge German officers, leaders, and any one that was in charge of the death camps and ghettos. Most of the Germans took suicide pills so they would not go to court.
Almost all of the Germans we're sentenced to death for what they did. After the war many Jews wandered, they went to America and England. Then Israel succeeded from its ruling power, and then most Jews went to Israel so they could belong to a country.
Photo by Michael Dawes
