BeGay HaHareiga, Illustrations by Leah Grundig survived in Holocaust – Tel Aviv, 1944.

BeGay HaHareiga, Illustrations by Leah Grundig survived in Holocaust – Tel Aviv, 1944.

BeGay HaHareiga, Illustrations by Leah Grundig survived in Holocaust – Tel Aviv, 1944.
BeGay HaHareiga, sketches by Leah Grundig. Printed by "Haaretz", Tel-Aviv, 1944. sketches depicting the horrors of the Holocaust.
[1] leaf + [17] picture-plates, 8 Leaves with illustrations of very good quality, describing the horrors of the Holocaust
Har cover, 24.5 x 4.5 cm.
Condition: cover worn, rubbed, stained, binding detache to 2 blocks; some stains and scribbles to 3 first leaves;
Rubbing and chipping to 2 last leaves, mainly near edges
Leah Grundig (1906-1977) - a painter born in Germany, member of the Communist party. Grundig was married to the German-Christian painter Hans Grundig. The couple were imprisoned in concentration camps as a result of their Communist affiliations. Leah succeeded in escaping and immigrated to Israel in 1940, with the assistance of Nahum Eitan (Itin). In 1949, during one of her visits to Germany, she met, by coincidence, her husband who survived the camps. Leah Grundig left Israel and Nahum Itin, and returned to Communist East-Germany, leaving behind her collection of paintings.