Benn

... The Famous Artist, Benn ...............0005. 150 Pejsach Bursztejn ...

... Following the war, Dr. Youchnovetzky served as chairman of a committee consisting of Bialystoker landsleit. The committee included the following: Dr. Youchnovetszky, chairman; Wolf Babicz, treasurer; David Podliachouk, secretary; Benn, H. Barenbojm, members. Mrs. Youchnovetzky and Miss M. Hofenbach rendered valuable assistance. At the beginning, this committee was very popular among Bialystokers living in Paris, since Youchnovetzky was an encyclopedic source of information about the fate, suffering and liq- uidation of Jews in the Bialystok ghetto. When the full magnitude of the tragedy became clear, the committee continued to receive the full support of local Bialystok- ers for its activities in helping other surviving Jandsleit on their way to the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries, most of whom passed through Paris. These transients provided answers about what happened to particular Bialystokers — whether they perished in the ghetto or in the concentration camps, whether they survived or were exiled to Siberia. ...

... One of Bialystok’s outstanding personalities is the artist, Benn, who lives and paints in Paris. Over the years Benn has grown into one of the leading artists in the world. Particularly after World War II, he achieved fame, not only in France but in other countries as well, among Jews and non-Jews. After the war, he produced more than one hundred major works of art, based upon Bible stories. Benn completed these paintings, which evoked a warm response in France during the war, while hiding from the Nazis in a bunker. ...

FISZL FAJNFELD known Bialystoker artist, Benn, donated one of his paintings, which the committee sold for a large sum to ...

... in Bialystok, by our renowned landsman, Benn.