Susan Nashman Fraiman

From Persecution to the Mass Murder - An Artistic Illustration

Me'er Akselrod (1902-1970) was born in a small town in White Russia. During WWI, his family settled in Minsk and there he received his art education from private teachers, as well as from the teacher of Marc Chagall, Yehuda Pen, in Vitebsk.  During the period of his training in Moscow, Akselrod returned to the small villages of his native area to draw the inhabitants and document their lives. In May 1941, his brother, the poet Zelik Akselrod, was arrested as an “Enemy of the People” and... Continue reading