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Yad Vashem is open to the general public, free of charge. All visits to Yad Vashem must be reserved in advance.

The Pen and the Sword

Jewish Artist and Partisan, Alexander Bogen

Alexander Bogen “A Jewish Partisan in the Voroshilov Brigade” , 1943
Alexander Bogen “A Jewish Partisan in the Voroshilov Brigade” , 1943

Pencil on paper

Alexander Bogen “A Jewish Partisan in the Voroshilov Brigade” , 1943
Alexander Bogen “A Fighters’ Meal”, 1943
Alexander Bogen “A Fighters’ Meal”, 1943

Pencil on paper

Alexander Bogen “A Fighters’ Meal”, 1943
Alexander Bogen, artist and partisan unit commander in the forests around Vilna, Lithuania
Alexander Bogen, artist and partisan unit commander in the forests around Vilna, Lithuania

He smuggled Jews out of the ghetto into the forests, trained them how to fight and led them in attacks against the Germans.

Alexander Bogen, artist and partisan unit commander in the forests around Vilna, Lithuania