Ghetto-era works

Photograph of a lost painting dated 1942 of Lejb Lejzerowicz, the father of the painter. Yad Vashem Photo Archives, 7950/29. On reverse: “Pinxit J. Lejzerowicz L. Getto 1942.” Also a list in Polish of items needed perhaps when the artist’s father went to a rest camp in the ghetto: “Pierzyna i pościelowa bielizna; Olej spyry…; Talon urlopowy; Bielizna zim…; Ubranie ojca. Bielizna; Rękawiczki; Czapka.” Another photograph of the same painting 7950/13. Gift of Tobias Rozynès, Lyon, via Gérard Mayer.

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