Artwork as evidence: Charlotte Salomon's "Life or Theatre"

Before being transported to her death in October 1943, 24-year-old Berlin-trained Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon, exiled in Nice, executed 1325 autobiographical paintings. Collectively called "Life and Theatre," they were arranged into "acts and scenes," accompanied by a narrator and music. It is argued that the paintings can be seen as emblematic of the struggles of displaced Jews everywhere, and Salomon herself as a figure of comparable significance to Anne Frank.