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All content by BY MIRIAM FRIEDMAN MORRIS
“You see Miri, I was really a famous artist before the war. I was known for these portraits.” Miriam Friedman Morris with her father, the chess enthusiast and portraitist, David Friedmann. St. Louis, 1957

The chess master portraits that escaped the Holocaust

By Miriam Friedman Morris
Published February 17, 2021
David Friedmann in 1936 in his apartment at Paderborner Strasse 9, Berlin-Wilmersdorf. In the background his painting of the Berlin Cathedral appears. After World War II, it was found in his sister-in-law’s apartment. Friedmann’s painting of the Schlossbrücke und Zeughaus (castle bridge and arsenal), today the German Historical Museum, also appears. These paintings are among hundreds of Nazi-looted and lost artworks.

Searching for history: Daughter hunts for father’s artwork looted by the Nazis

BY MIRIAM FRIEDMAN MORRIS
Published August 7, 2020
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