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Molillie Goldman Analysis

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Mollie Goldman’s piece titled “NOW-THEN: NEVER AGAIN” symbolizes the perspective of a young boy who survived the Holocaust. This piece was made in 2014 in honor of Jacob Hennenberg, a Holocaust survivor. The artist Mollie Goldman is a young aspiring artist and a 10th grade student from Fuchs Mizrachi School in Beachwood, Ohio. This aesthetic piece is an acrylic painting on canvas. Goldman evokes a strong intellectual reaction from her audience through the details and cues she uses in her painting to channel her message. First and foremost, the Holocaust began in January 1933 in Germany when Hitler came into power. The book Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real People states that during that time 6 million Jews lost their lives, and 1.1 million of those who died were under the age of 18. The Jews lost their lives in various ways, such as being forced into gas chambers, being tested in medical experiments and from their horrendous living conditions. Officially the Holocaust ended on May 8, 1945. This painting by Mollie Goldman was in dedication of a
15- year-old Jewish boy who went by the name of Jacob Hennenburg, who was able to beat the odds and survive the Holocaust. According to Jacob Hennenberg’s biography (cite), Hennenburg was captured during the 1939 invasion of Poland by the Nazi military along with …show more content…

One cue Goldman uses in this piece is the young boy’s striped shirt. The article titled “Uniform and Clothing” found on The Holocaust Explained states, “On arrival at concentration camps prisoners had their clothing taken away, often to be replaced by a striped uniform (now known as striped pajamas)” (para. 1). Therefore, because of that article, one would imply the boy’s shirt is symbolizing the Holocaust. Being informed about the striped uniform gives a viewer the moment in time in which the artist is trying to

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