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Help from the New World Erika Knoller Hedva & Shimshon Rafael Uriel Switzerland Awakens
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Help from the New World

 


Historical illustration commissioned by the Jerusalem Working Group for the events of International Rescuer Day in Jerusalem.


In the foreground we see George Mantello, a Jewish diplomat during the 2nd WW, who with pastor Paul Vogt initiated in Switzerland a press and church campaign to alert the world to the horrors of Auschwitz.


 



Oil on canvas 90 x 120 cm
2006