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Actions Displays	Burning Synagogue 1944 (Beregszasz) Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/001 TitleBurning Synagogue 1944 (Beregszasz) Creator Judy Cassab (painter)‎ DescriptionOil on board painting by Judy Cassab, dated lower right '87. It depicts the burning synagogue in Beregszasz, Hungary, where the artist lived with her mother and grandmother. Naked men, women and children, representative of those who perished in the Holocaust, are rising from the smoke and moving up to heaven. It was painted in memory of the artist's family who perished in the Holocaust. Production placeAustralia Production date 1987 Subjectpainting, victims, synagogues, fires, destruction Object namepaintings Materialoil paint, wood Dimensions painting only width: 345.00 mm height: 670.00 mm framed width: 530.00 mm height: 885.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Judy Cassab, 2007

Object numberM2008/001

TitleBurning Synagogue 1944 (Beregszasz)

Creator Judy Cassab (painter)‎

DescriptionOil on board painting by Judy Cassab, dated lower right '87. It depicts the burning synagogue in Beregszasz, Hungary, where the artist lived with her mother and grandmother. Naked men, women and children, representative of those who perished in the Holocaust, are rising from the smoke and moving up to heaven. It was painted in memory of the artist's family who perished in the Holocaust.

Production placeAustralia

Production date 1987

Subjectpainting, victims, synagogues, fires, destruction

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Materialoil paint, wood

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Judy Cassab, 2007

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