The Art Collection

The Contribution of Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants to the Arts

Often the arts reach the heart when facts sometimes fail. 

We at CJHSD look for ways to connect the general public to the Holocaust. Our hope is to demonstrate the contribution of the Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants to the arts in this country.

For more about the artists, click on their names below.

Art

Yehouda Chaki

Holocaust Survivor

Maxwell Smart

Holocaust Survivor

Gershon Iskowitz

Holocaust Survivor

Esther Topaz

Child Survivor

Marion Wagschal

Child of Survivors

Rochelle Rubinstein

Child of Survivors

Jess Riva Cooper

Grandchild of Survivors

Films

Jack Kuper

Holocaust Survivor

Robert Lantos

Child of Survivors

Irene Lilienheim Angelico

Child of Survivors

Bernice Eisenstein

Child of Survivors

Curators: Irene Lilienheim Angelico |  Edit Kuper | Rochelle Rubinstein  | Beverly Shaffer