Holocaust
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of objects relating to the Holocaust which date from between 1917 and 2000. This collection includes art works, clothing and sculpture. These primarily cover the experiences of Jews during the era of the Nazi persecution in Europe. Some items are directly related to the era while others are used to tell the personal stories of Jews who found their way to Glasgow to escape persecution. It includes Benno Schotz's wooden sculpture, made in 1926, of Ura Collins – a Jewish refugee he met in Glasgow and who survived the war in France by being hidden by a family. There is also limited edition copies of 14 original pen and ink works created by Glasgow Jewish artist Jeffay in the 1930s which depict Jewish life in Warsaw. Marianne Grant's collection, in particular, draws on her personal experiences of the ghettos and the death camps of Eastern Europe and includes personal items from her childhood and student days. More recent items include charcoal and pastel drawings by Myer Lacome, an artist who was the Principal of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. These drawings, gifted to the museum in 2001, were all produced since 1990 and cover pre-War Germany, Nazi Germany and post-War neo-Nazi activity in Europe. Three 'memory boxes' representing the Holocaust were also purchased from Lacome. Other items include approximately 1,000 pieces from the Glasgow Children's clothing factory 'Kidnit' set up in 1939 by Willy Goldschmidt, a Jewish businessman who fled Nazi Germany, and seven items collected by the sapper James Millar, including a pair of unworn striped pyjamas. The collection also contains photographs and oral archives relating to Marianne Grant as well as interviews with Myer Lacome, Benno Schotz, and the family of Ura Collins.
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