Sabbath Eve

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Creator

Mrozewski. Stefan

Dates

[ca. 1954-1956] (indexed as 1954–1956)

Level

item

Extent

Print : paper : woodcut : ink : b&w ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 9 1/4 in.

Scope & content

Black ink on white paper. Indoor scene with people of different ages sitting around a dinner table with a menorah lit in the centre. A figure enters the room carrying a platter of food. This print makes reference to illegal Jewish celebrations in the ghetto and depicts a Sabbath dinner in the ghetto. Narrative: All 16 of the prints in this series depict life of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Printmaker, book illustrator and painter, Stefan Mrozewski was born in Czéstochowa, Poland. Mrozewski's prints are in permament collections of several public art collections in Europe and North America. The artist was married to Irena Blizinska. An ardent patriot, he was a volunteer in the Polish Army in the war against the Soviet Union in 1920, as well as during the Second World War when he served in Armia Krajowa, the clandestine Polish Home Army.

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ChairChildCurtainDining TableFamilyFoodFramed PictureGroupHatInterior ViewJewish CommunityLampManPrintReligious CeremonyWomanWood PanelingTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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