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Id no. 2271.90, Artwork

1943, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Bohemia

Created by:  Helga Weissova

Subject(s):  Defiance-religious and cultural, Ritual, Children, Visual arts, Hanukkah

Religious observances were forbidden in Terezin, but they often were held in secret. Helga Weissova, a 14-year-old Czech Jew, chronicled a Hanukkah celebration in a ghetto children's home.