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Portrait of Salomon Van Messel, 1944

by Leo Kok

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Leo Kok (1923–1945) Portrait of Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - Bergen-Belsen, 1945), Westerbork Camp, 1944
Leo Kok (1923–1945) Portrait of Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - Bergen-Belsen, 1945), Westerbork Camp, 1944

Pencil on paper

Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem
Gift of Reina Lea Levie Van Messel, The Netherlands

Leo Kok (1923–1945) Portrait of Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - Bergen-Belsen, 1945), Westerbork Camp, 1944
Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)

Yad Vashem Photo Archive, 15000/14246376

Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Leo Kok (1923, Berchem, Belgium – 1945, Ebensee camp, Austria)
Leo Kok (1923, Berchem, Belgium – 1945, Ebensee camp, Austria)

Courtesy of Jaap Nijstad

Leo Kok (1923, Berchem, Belgium – 1945, Ebensee camp, Austria)
Marie Van Messel (née Swaab) (1892, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Marie Van Messel (née Swaab) (1892, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)

Yad Vashem Photo Archive, 15000/14237725

Marie Van Messel (née Swaab) (1892, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Leo Van Messel (1920, Koekelberg, Belgium - Bergen-Belsen, 1945)
Leo Van Messel (1920, Koekelberg, Belgium - Bergen-Belsen, 1945)

Yad Vashem Photo Archive, 15000/14133334

Leo Van Messel (1920, Koekelberg, Belgium - Bergen-Belsen, 1945)
Leo Kok (1923–1945) Portrait of Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - Bergen-Belsen, 1945), Westerbork Camp, 1944
Leo Kok (1923–1945) Portrait of Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - Bergen-Belsen, 1945), Westerbork Camp, 1944
Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Salomon Van Messel (1892, Harlingen, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Leo Kok (1923, Berchem, Belgium – 1945, Ebensee camp, Austria)
Leo Kok (1923, Berchem, Belgium – 1945, Ebensee camp, Austria)
Marie Van Messel (née Swaab) (1892, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Marie Van Messel (née Swaab) (1892, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1945, Bergen-Belsen)
Leo Van Messel (1920, Koekelberg, Belgium - Bergen-Belsen, 1945)
Leo Van Messel (1920, Koekelberg, Belgium - Bergen-Belsen, 1945)