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From: elizabeth rynecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Life in Poland: Two New books
Jewish Life in Poland: Paintings that Survived the Holocaust: Two New books
My great-grandfather, Moshe Rynecki (1881-1943)
was an artist and painter in Warsaw, Poland,
primarily in the 1920s and 1930s. He painted
scenes of Jewish life (e.g., men studying the
Talmud, Simhat Torah, etc.), scenes of everyday
life (e.g., women doing household chores, men
playing chess, men kibitzing and reading the
daily news, etc.), and scenes from inside the
Warsaw Ghetto (three paintings are known to have
survived his time in the Ghetto. One is now on
permanent display at Yad Vashem and can be seen
online at:
<http://www1.yadvashem.org/new_museum/Galleries/gal4_art.html>http://www1.yadvashem.org/new_museum/Galleries/gal4_art.html).
While Moshe Rynecki perished in the Majdanek
concentration camp, many of his paintings
survived the war. In 1949, when my father and
his parents came to the United States, they
brought many of the surviving paintings with them.
In 1999 my family created an online museum
(<http://www.rynecki.org/>www.rynecki.org) to
display many of his paintings. Our goal was, and
continues to be, to share Moshe's works with the
world. We get a steady stream of visitors and
are proud to report that many schools and
Holocaust education programs use our website in their curriculum.
We are now excited to share Moshe's works in a
new way in a "mini-catalog" format. The book,
Jewish Life in Poland: The Art of Moshe Rynecki
(1881-1943) is a color book featuring 40 of
Moshe's paintings. It can be viewed online
at:
<http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=11054&46150020-26972aaa>http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=11054&46150020-26972aaa.
The second book is, Surviving Hitler in Poland:
One Jew's Story. This is a memoir written by my
grandfather, George Rynecki. We found it in
1992, in the trunk of his car, as we were
cleaning up his home and belongings after his
funeral. The book is a collection of vignettes
his Holocaust memories but also his memories of
his father and his father's drive and ambition to
paint and document the Jewish community. An
excerpt can be read online:
<http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=10702&46150020-26972aaa>http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=10702&46150020-26972aaa
Both books are available for sale directly from
Trafford Publishing (1-250-383-6864) or via
email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you wish to learn more about Moshe Rynecki's
paintings, please visit the "Moshe Rynecki
Virtual Museum" at
<http://www.rynecki.org/>www.rynecki.org. If you
have any questions about the website or books,
please feel free to email me, Elizabeth Rynecki,
at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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