https://www.williambernheim.com/early-work-sepia-gallery daily 0.75 2017-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977589-MTCTSPPGKZL0TAKWQXL4/1Thinker.jpg Early Work - Sepia - Deep Thinker original medium - sepia size - 26" x 20" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977589-MTCTSPPGKZL0TAKWQXL4/1Thinker.jpg Early Work - Sepia - Deep Thinker original medium - sepia size - 26" x 20" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977497-8ARIGMMNV38VWI86ZFVG/2Sleeping+Nude.jpg Early Work - Sepia - Sleeping Nude original medium - sepia size - 28" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977891-L44K33PHVYGPI8HRLBVG/3Bashful.jpg Early Work - Sepia - Bashful original medium - sepia size - 28" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646978012-2385BLNVKUZ8EQ5445BZ/4Dancer.jpg Early Work - Sepia - Back of a Dancer original medium - sepia size - 28" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646978193-AGFYYJROSRWT9Z2PL6J0/5Wrestler.jpg Early Work - Sepia - The Wrestler original medium - sepia size - 28" x 20" https://www.williambernheim.com/holocaust-collection-gallery daily 0.75 2017-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681386962-CZLGTGMQ849WI4X8C2J2/01-Kiddush-Hashem-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Kiddush Hashem Publicly sanctifying GD's name in Death When the Germans invaded Poland in the Fall of 1939, forcing the Jews to watch helplessly as their holy books, scrolls and synagogues went up in flames, one Rabbi holds tightly to his sacred Torah, sacrificing himself too, for his life has no meaning without it. original medium - acrylic size - 32"x 40" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681386962-CZLGTGMQ849WI4X8C2J2/01-Kiddush-Hashem-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Kiddush Hashem Publicly sanctifying GD's name in Death When the Germans invaded Poland in the Fall of 1939, forcing the Jews to watch helplessly as their holy books, scrolls and synagogues went up in flames, one Rabbi holds tightly to his sacred Torah, sacrificing himself too, for his life has no meaning without it. original medium - acrylic size - 32"x 40" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681459746-LPGAYQFO5B8LNJSB0ZBZ/12-Last-Walk-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Last Walk First hundreds, then thousands and eventually hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews were brought to their final destination by cattle cars. With only their small bundles and meager belongings in hand, they lined up, were told to leave their possessions in heaps and never suspected what awaited them beyond the entrance walls on which they saw "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Will Set You Free") original medium - oil size - 38" x 24" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681569958-JXIMGU8YWN4GRPWNAI6Q/28-Holocaust-Survivor-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Holocaust Survivor Having been left for near dead on the day of his liberation from the concentration camp - with all of his family and worldly possessions gone but for the clothes he wears - the Holocaust Survivor ponders his future by asking, "Where do I go and what do I do now? *The Original is on permanent exhibition at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. original medium - oil size - 24"x 36" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681621006-YKR8ZE2QSKLQX2361XF2/21-Liberation-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Self Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor "After hiding for days under a pile of dead bodies, I was liberated from Buchenwald Concentration Camp by American soldiers on April 11, 1945." "Weighing only 62 lbs., I took my first bite of bread and sip of water as a free man." original medium - acrylic size - 16"x 20" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681641613-FCWBY4FQS6IIO77OMBIN/19-Groping-in-the-Dark-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Groping in the Dark Just as the blind man gropes in the darkness, during my years in the concentration camp, I too desperately hoped to find my way out of the darkest depths of a living hell--while the smell of burning flesh drifted from the crematorium--and just like the bare trees standing alone in the silence of night, I was stripped of my dignity and humanity--but not my will to live...and wondered, would I ever reach the light to freedom, so far in the distance? original medium - oil size - 20" x 24" copyright 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681660289-HFUQ1NASLBZU46B6EXT8/23-Search-is-Over-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Finally at Peace: The Search is Over Though my father went to Vienna for an operation in 1938, immediately thereafter Hitler's regime pushed through and removed all the sick Jews from the hospitals, shooting them to death. For 32 years I had an obsession to find out what happened to my father, hoping that he died in a hospital bed, rather than being shot to death. After numerous leads over a period of decades, his grave was located in a cemetery which the Germans kept as a showcase for the Red Cross, in an ironic attempt to convince the world of their humanity. To this day, I still do not know how my father came to be buried. original medium - oil size - 24"x 36" copyright 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681736578-KHZEFEHE8XZ3XGIZWVDZ/33-Larger-than-Life-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Sharon: "Larger than Life" Though he has faced numerous obstacles and intense criticism, Prime Minister General Sharon consistently fights for Israel's survival and continued existence; his prime goal remains the security of and peace in the land of Israel. original medium - oil size - 36"x 24" copyright 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681788739-9DD58MLIT47EXW3O9L8Z/30-911-Stabbing-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Stabbing; "We Will Endure" Honoring the Heroes and Victims of 9/11/01 "Sadly, the terrorism of 9/11 refreshed my recollection of years of the death and destruction I witnessed over half a century ago. When I went to the World Trade Center site, the smell in the air reminded me of the smoke that drifted from the crematorium at the concentration camp." original medium - oil size - 30"x 40" copyright 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681828724-LHF3E5ZKB3JFRUOKSW0O/08-Mothers-Agony-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - A Mother's Agony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681857703-0XM066AZ27OZEXB9JMF7/15-Despair-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Despair After years of imprisonment in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, an inmate stares blankly through the fence without any hope or future that the unknown is worse than any torture he has already endured. original medium - oil size - 16" x 20" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681890195-S1W6K4ZSUSTF3P6WUS9F/31-Elie-Wiesel-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Elie Wiesel The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate- a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald Concentration Camps— spoke out publicly on how words alone cannot portray the tragedies and horrors of the Holocaust which haunted him all the days of his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681960146-PFVXUZQLI788X7PGPQZA/02-Grandfather-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Grandfather Born in Poland in the 1860's. Tortured by the Nazis and died of his wounds in Tomashov, Poland,1940. original medium - oil size - 12" x 16" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682052902-IROQRI4SXXVKIP9BJE2A/20-Hand-of-God-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Hand of G-D "I have been asked many times how I survived the horrors of the Holocaust. I came to the realization that it was the Will of G-d, and His strong arm pulled me up and out of that living hell." original medium - oil size - 24" x 38" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682095665-CJGTC2DK7WKOJTGZZ4RA/17-Hell-on-Earth-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Hell on Earth European Jewry Reduced to Ashes The Nazis stripped, dehumanized and killed six million Jewish men, women and children - innocent victims of a mass destruction that tried to annihilate the entire Jewish Nation from the face of the Earth. Their spirits were broken, their bones crushed and their bodies burned in ovens - all in the name of German culture and yet, no flame could destroy their souls. original medium - acrylic copyright 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682119750-MJEJX9QT8GT0UA5F50BE/34-Lost-Tribe-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Lost Tribe One of the Jews airlifted from Ethiopia by "Operation Moses," working with pride on a Kibbutz in Israel - his dream homeland - with the joyous feeling that he is free at last. original medium - oil size - 24" x 28" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682166074-Y7UCIJLJZESZHFLYX4CB/14-Ovens-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Ovens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682183983-KMTOQ77OXA4YB375CTVC/32-Price-for-Peace-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Price of Freedom A military hero of Israel's three wars, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin believed the only solution to the Mid-East conflict was to compromise and sacrifice land in an effort to achieve peace between Arabs and Israelis. But when he signed the Peace treaty, he signed his own death warrant. original medium - acrylic size - 24"x 36" copyright 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682207527-DTDEM3U53O7V3BWVNZFM/18-Reflextion-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Reflection A liberated Holocaust survivor ponders what he has endured and whether his freedom is real or imaginary— while is lost youth, torment and despair are a product of inhumanity- a reflection of Nazi Germany’s loss of conscience and reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682232045-DMNLD75P7Q9ZG8I9A6KX/07-Separation-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Separation In the Ghetto, a father cradles his daughter one last time and says goodbye before being torn apart and separated forever. original medium - oil size - 16"x 20" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682261686-SPE58BZMHE8RB5ETQEN4/13-Shower-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Showers Starved, shaven and stripped of their dignity and all possessions, the Jews of Europe during World War II were herded like animals into "showers" of poisonous Zyklon-B; young and old alike, parents and children, religious and non-religious - totally dehumanized - their bodies eventually burned to ashes in the crematoria. original medium - oil size - 25" x 24" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682282387-C4ZQS2QRCF16AZGOISMB/16-Beating-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Beating While hauling downed trees under orders given by the Nazis, Prisoner No. 12510 lost one of his wooden clogs and decided to protect his foot by wrapping it with paper from a discarded cement bag. He also placed a piece of paper on his chest for warmth against the cold and wind. But upon returning to the concentration camp, a Nazi soldier discovered what the prisoner had done, threw him to the ground and proceeded to beat him with 30 lashes (which can still be felt to this day). He was then thrown into the mud and rendered unconscious, but fellow inmates eventually dragged him back to the barracks where he was revived. original medium - oil size - 30" x 40 copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682301670-CPD9RSR1G4KYOZXAFYGB/26-2nd-Generation-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Second Generation As a young boy is taught about the Holocaust, he reads about the six million Jews who perished in the concentration camps; his young mind ponders and cannot comprehend how civilized people could torch holy books and innocent people. Behind him hangs a poster that represents his surprise as to why the world was silent. original medium - acrylic size - 40"x 20" copyright 2000   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682317192-BMVUD16PS9Y532S3HNWC/05--You-are-next-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - You're Next In the Lodz Ghetto, a Nazi officer instructs his soldiers to round up every Jew they could find in the area-every young, old, healthy and weak man, woman and child. Then, without reason or provocation, and with no excuse except for his sick mind, he begins to shoot indiscriminately at the mass of huddled Jews, sadistically shouting, "You're next!" original medium - acrylic size - 30"x 40" copyright 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682332882-IYDGZQMA58KW6KXVDN3T/24-Yizkor-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - "Yizkor" Now a Cantor, the Holocaust survivor chants the "Yizkor" (Memorial Prayer) for the six million Jewish lives martyred, his family members among them. original medium - oil size - 24" x 30" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1512515743844-4WW7ILYG5PXCXN55UVWL/27-Zchor-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - "Z'Chor" https://www.williambernheim.com/early-work-oils-gallery daily 0.75 2017-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646564585-MHUWKSGCQGRIBL551CFX/1BRedBlanket.jpg Early Work - Oils - Nude with Red Blanket original medium - oil size - 36" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646564585-MHUWKSGCQGRIBL551CFX/1BRedBlanket.jpg Early Work - Oils - Nude with Red Blanket original medium - oil size - 36" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646564635-A93LHZPBBIQBCLVJ1A5S/2BPinkSkirt.jpg Early Work - Oils - Nude with Pink Skirt original medium - oil size - 30" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565030-6VUM576TOH7ZOOW1E4D4/3BLostInThought.jpg Early Work - Oils - Lost in Thought original medium - oil size - 24" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565091-ZUBQQVJCUBE3VZ3HXPCK/4BReclineNude.jpg Early Work - Oils - Reclining Nude original medium - oil size - 30" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565502-CID4TKPXS1W5G6FR5DFS/5BHalfNudeOrange.jpg Early Work - Oils - Half-Nude with Orange Blanket original medium - oil size - 30" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565656-IU9U4CUFII0CWGTKOFZ8/6BBlondeNude.jpg Early Work - Oils - Blonde Nude original medium - oil size - 28" x 22" https://www.williambernheim.com/early-work-pastels-gallery daily 0.75 2017-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499647331213-LP3T89L23VY2G1BBZAJW/1Gypsy.jpg Early Work - Pastels - Gypsy Girl original medium - pastel size - 24" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499647331213-LP3T89L23VY2G1BBZAJW/1Gypsy.jpg Early Work - Pastels - Gypsy Girl original medium - pastel size - 24" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499647331114-3Z4VXSOR3BCJFX3IKL38/2DreamerEyes.jpg Early Work - Pastels - Dreamer's Eyes original medium - pastel size - 24" x 18" https://www.williambernheim.com/homepage daily 1.0 2017-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507680827893-KK5XW2ETNNGXD7UM91X1/01-Kiddush-Hashem-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682993312-SX6VHOJIMFLH5UA2TCPS/21-Liberation-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682899094-GYGM913G7H83IOW8ZVNN/12-Last-Walk-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507683022676-7CT8H4CYUM1I9LCWOCZY/32-Price-for-Peace-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507683122768-1Y0TSMNUKCER82PM62OH/31-Elie-Wiesel-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507683070376-13794SQTAXWK1M0OF31K/15-Despair-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682945309-8PWVUOLVL5RVVXWWP0Q1/28-Holocaust-Survivor-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1510537098845-KYCBLUWSNPE6INKTLMFP/27-Zchor-WEB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1512517336963-9GPN15JQTPK4EWERLCNP/41-Never-Forget-WEB.jpg Home https://www.williambernheim.com/recent-work-gallery daily 0.75 2017-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483403-I2MOCVQ09DJ86HM347EQ/03-Desecration-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Desecration Two men in Lodz Ghetto appear heartbroken as they walk past one of Poland's most beautiful synagogues in Lodz which was destroyed in 1939 - now a shell of its former self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483403-I2MOCVQ09DJ86HM347EQ/03-Desecration-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Desecration Two men in Lodz Ghetto appear heartbroken as they walk past one of Poland's most beautiful synagogues in Lodz which was destroyed in 1939 - now a shell of its former self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483228-042U2CX59LS7L2D9CN6P/04-Lodz-Ghetto-1940-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Cigarettes for Sale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483668-SFSTI2W3MJMNAF0AEJEQ/06-Deportation-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Deportation An elderly Jew removed at gunpoint from his only home he has lived in all his life, forcibly headed to unknown destinations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483799-AEHWPGU79DKRG6190SF3/09-RIng-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Save Yourself! A mother desperately reaches for her son as he is dragged away by Nazi officers to the concentration camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484426-LH5DGGYA1O1ZQJSJ3IKD/10-Mother-and-Daughter-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Keeping Warm A mother and daughter huddle together during a cold winter night in the Lodz Ghetto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484270-W1D7UTBE50TAXOWTWH54/11-Trapped-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Trapped A teenage brother and his sister, in hiding for days, suddenly discovered by a Nazi officer who mockingly threatens them with death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484593-2D0PK7H2ILR9M9EZLPTO/22-First-Shabbat-WEB.jpg Recent Work - First Shabbos A woman lighting Shabbos candles for the first time since liberation - thankful for freedom but wondering why so many members of her family had to suffer and be tortured to death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484947-E2CDI86TE3DVK801HV4T/25-Brothers-United-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Two Brothers Two Brothers - one half blind - find each other after both survived years in various concentration camps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682485765-PQ6OQ8C1S3YWQKT4E9VO/29-Come-Home-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Coming Home "Come home to where you belong, my brothers and sisters. For thousands of years, we, the Jewish people, have never known the feeling of having a place to return to. But we can now rejoice together, the wonderful feeling of belonging." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682485946-E54DSTU9MRZ5U9RGG17W/35-Have-a-Heart-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Have a Heart In 1945, a war torn man and woman reunited and returned to Poland in an attempt to survive and reclaim their possessions. Though once a well known composer, the man and his beleaguered wife are now relegated to the streets looking for handouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682486354-XFXE9EI8H40QTV05KJ1P/37-Lucille-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Woman Sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682487121-41D4OQ25FTDAH1R43M6B/41-Never-Forget-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Yellow Star - A Compilation of the Artists' Recognized Work https://www.williambernheim.com/holocaust-collection daily 0.75 2017-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681386962-CZLGTGMQ849WI4X8C2J2/01-Kiddush-Hashem-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Kiddush Hashem Publicly sanctifying GD's name in Death When the Germans invaded Poland in the Fall of 1939, forcing the Jews to watch helplessly as their holy books, scrolls and synagogues went up in flames, one Rabbi holds tightly to his sacred Torah, sacrificing himself too, for his life has no meaning without it. original medium - acrylic size - 32"x 40" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681459746-LPGAYQFO5B8LNJSB0ZBZ/12-Last-Walk-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Last Walk First hundreds, then thousands and eventually hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews were brought to their final destination by cattle cars. With only their small bundles and meager belongings in hand, they lined up, were told to leave their possessions in heaps and never suspected what awaited them beyond the entrance walls on which they saw "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Will Set You Free") original medium - oil size - 38" x 24" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681569958-JXIMGU8YWN4GRPWNAI6Q/28-Holocaust-Survivor-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Holocaust Survivor Having been left for near dead on the day of his liberation from the concentration camp - with all of his family and worldly possessions gone but for the clothes he wears - the Holocaust Survivor ponders his future by asking, "Where do I go and what do I do now? *The Original is on permanent exhibition at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. original medium - oil size - 24"x 36" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681621006-YKR8ZE2QSKLQX2361XF2/21-Liberation-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Self Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor "After hiding for days under a pile of dead bodies, I was liberated from Buchenwald Concentration Camp by American soldiers on April 11, 1945." "Weighing only 62 lbs., I took my first bite of bread and sip of water as a free man." original medium - acrylic size - 16"x 20" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681641613-FCWBY4FQS6IIO77OMBIN/19-Groping-in-the-Dark-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Groping in the Dark Just as the blind man gropes in the darkness, during my years in the concentration camp, I too desperately hoped to find my way out of the darkest depths of a living hell--while the smell of burning flesh drifted from the crematorium--and just like the bare trees standing alone in the silence of night, I was stripped of my dignity and humanity--but not my will to live...and wondered, would I ever reach the light to freedom, so far in the distance? original medium - oil size - 20" x 24" copyright 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681660289-HFUQ1NASLBZU46B6EXT8/23-Search-is-Over-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Finally at Peace: The Search is Over Though my father went to Vienna for an operation in 1938, immediately thereafter Hitler's regime pushed through and removed all the sick Jews from the hospitals, shooting them to death. For 32 years I had an obsession to find out what happened to my father, hoping that he died in a hospital bed, rather than being shot to death. After numerous leads over a period of decades, his grave was located in a cemetery which the Germans kept as a showcase for the Red Cross, in an ironic attempt to convince the world of their humanity. To this day, I still do not know how my father came to be buried. original medium - oil size - 24"x 36" copyright 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681736578-KHZEFEHE8XZ3XGIZWVDZ/33-Larger-than-Life-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Sharon: "Larger than Life" Though he has faced numerous obstacles and intense criticism, Prime Minister General Sharon consistently fights for Israel's survival and continued existence; his prime goal remains the security of and peace in the land of Israel. original medium - oil size - 36"x 24" copyright 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681788739-9DD58MLIT47EXW3O9L8Z/30-911-Stabbing-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Stabbing; "We Will Endure" Honoring the Heroes and Victims of 9/11/01 "Sadly, the terrorism of 9/11 refreshed my recollection of years of the death and destruction I witnessed over half a century ago. When I went to the World Trade Center site, the smell in the air reminded me of the smoke that drifted from the crematorium at the concentration camp." original medium - oil size - 30"x 40" copyright 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681828724-LHF3E5ZKB3JFRUOKSW0O/08-Mothers-Agony-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - A Mother's Agony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681857703-0XM066AZ27OZEXB9JMF7/15-Despair-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Despair After years of imprisonment in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, an inmate stares blankly through the fence without any hope or future that the unknown is worse than any torture he has already endured. original medium - oil size - 16" x 20" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681890195-S1W6K4ZSUSTF3P6WUS9F/31-Elie-Wiesel-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Elie Wiesel The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate- a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald Concentration Camps— spoke out publicly on how words alone cannot portray the tragedies and horrors of the Holocaust which haunted him all the days of his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507681960146-PFVXUZQLI788X7PGPQZA/02-Grandfather-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Grandfather Born in Poland in the 1860's. Tortured by the Nazis and died of his wounds in Tomashov, Poland,1940. original medium - oil size - 12" x 16" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682052902-IROQRI4SXXVKIP9BJE2A/20-Hand-of-God-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Hand of G-D "I have been asked many times how I survived the horrors of the Holocaust. I came to the realization that it was the Will of G-d, and His strong arm pulled me up and out of that living hell." original medium - oil size - 24" x 38" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682095665-CJGTC2DK7WKOJTGZZ4RA/17-Hell-on-Earth-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Hell on Earth European Jewry Reduced to Ashes The Nazis stripped, dehumanized and killed six million Jewish men, women and children - innocent victims of a mass destruction that tried to annihilate the entire Jewish Nation from the face of the Earth. Their spirits were broken, their bones crushed and their bodies burned in ovens - all in the name of German culture and yet, no flame could destroy their souls. original medium - acrylic copyright 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682119750-MJEJX9QT8GT0UA5F50BE/34-Lost-Tribe-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Lost Tribe One of the Jews airlifted from Ethiopia by "Operation Moses," working with pride on a Kibbutz in Israel - his dream homeland - with the joyous feeling that he is free at last. original medium - oil size - 24" x 28" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682166074-Y7UCIJLJZESZHFLYX4CB/14-Ovens-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Ovens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682183983-KMTOQ77OXA4YB375CTVC/32-Price-for-Peace-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Price of Freedom A military hero of Israel's three wars, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin believed the only solution to the Mid-East conflict was to compromise and sacrifice land in an effort to achieve peace between Arabs and Israelis. But when he signed the Peace treaty, he signed his own death warrant. original medium - acrylic size - 24"x 36" copyright 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682207527-DTDEM3U53O7V3BWVNZFM/18-Reflextion-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Reflection A liberated Holocaust survivor ponders what he has endured and whether his freedom is real or imaginary— while is lost youth, torment and despair are a product of inhumanity- a reflection of Nazi Germany’s loss of conscience and reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682232045-DMNLD75P7Q9ZG8I9A6KX/07-Separation-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - Separation In the Ghetto, a father cradles his daughter one last time and says goodbye before being torn apart and separated forever. original medium - oil size - 16"x 20" copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682261686-SPE58BZMHE8RB5ETQEN4/13-Shower-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Showers Starved, shaven and stripped of their dignity and all possessions, the Jews of Europe during World War II were herded like animals into "showers" of poisonous Zyklon-B; young and old alike, parents and children, religious and non-religious - totally dehumanized - their bodies eventually burned to ashes in the crematoria. original medium - oil size - 25" x 24" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682282387-C4ZQS2QRCF16AZGOISMB/16-Beating-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Beating While hauling downed trees under orders given by the Nazis, Prisoner No. 12510 lost one of his wooden clogs and decided to protect his foot by wrapping it with paper from a discarded cement bag. He also placed a piece of paper on his chest for warmth against the cold and wind. But upon returning to the concentration camp, a Nazi soldier discovered what the prisoner had done, threw him to the ground and proceeded to beat him with 30 lashes (which can still be felt to this day). He was then thrown into the mud and rendered unconscious, but fellow inmates eventually dragged him back to the barracks where he was revived. original medium - oil size - 30" x 40 copyright 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682301670-CPD9RSR1G4KYOZXAFYGB/26-2nd-Generation-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - The Second Generation As a young boy is taught about the Holocaust, he reads about the six million Jews who perished in the concentration camps; his young mind ponders and cannot comprehend how civilized people could torch holy books and innocent people. Behind him hangs a poster that represents his surprise as to why the world was silent. original medium - acrylic size - 40"x 20" copyright 2000   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682317192-BMVUD16PS9Y532S3HNWC/05--You-are-next-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - You're Next In the Lodz Ghetto, a Nazi officer instructs his soldiers to round up every Jew they could find in the area-every young, old, healthy and weak man, woman and child. Then, without reason or provocation, and with no excuse except for his sick mind, he begins to shoot indiscriminately at the mass of huddled Jews, sadistically shouting, "You're next!" original medium - acrylic size - 30"x 40" copyright 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682332882-IYDGZQMA58KW6KXVDN3T/24-Yizkor-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - "Yizkor" Now a Cantor, the Holocaust survivor chants the "Yizkor" (Memorial Prayer) for the six million Jewish lives martyred, his family members among them. original medium - oil size - 24" x 30" copyright 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1512515743844-4WW7ILYG5PXCXN55UVWL/27-Zchor-WEB.jpg Holocaust Collection - "Z'Chor" https://www.williambernheim.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2018-02-11 https://www.williambernheim.com/recent-shows daily 0.75 2017-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499651948076-UBY9ELYO66GQWL7CO8OL/image-asset.jpeg Recent Shows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499651831809-93CUX4MCMM7ZDE5HDJF8/image-asset.jpeg Recent Shows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499652050766-QVABONIDYC6YRQLODT9J/image-asset.jpeg Recent Shows https://www.williambernheim.com/early-work daily 0.75 2017-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977589-MTCTSPPGKZL0TAKWQXL4/1Thinker.jpg Early Work - Deep Thinker original medium - sepia size - 26" x 20" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977497-8ARIGMMNV38VWI86ZFVG/2Sleeping+Nude.jpg Early Work - Sleeping Nude original medium - sepia size - 28" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646977891-L44K33PHVYGPI8HRLBVG/3Bashful.jpg Early Work - Bashful original medium - sepia size - 28" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646978012-2385BLNVKUZ8EQ5445BZ/4Dancer.jpg Early Work - Back of a Dancer original medium - sepia size - 28" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646978193-AGFYYJROSRWT9Z2PL6J0/5Wrestler.jpg Early Work - The Wrestler original medium - sepia size - 28" x 20" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499647331213-LP3T89L23VY2G1BBZAJW/1Gypsy.jpg Early Work - Gypsy Girl original medium - pastel size - 24" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499647331114-3Z4VXSOR3BCJFX3IKL38/2DreamerEyes.jpg Early Work - Dreamer's Eyes original medium - pastel size - 24" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646564585-MHUWKSGCQGRIBL551CFX/1BRedBlanket.jpg Early Work - Nude with Red Blanket original medium - oil size - 36" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646564635-A93LHZPBBIQBCLVJ1A5S/2BPinkSkirt.jpg Early Work - Nude with Pink Skirt original medium - oil size - 30" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565030-6VUM576TOH7ZOOW1E4D4/3BLostInThought.jpg Early Work - Lost in Thought original medium - oil size - 24" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565091-ZUBQQVJCUBE3VZ3HXPCK/4BReclineNude.jpg Early Work - Reclining Nude original medium - oil size - 30" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565502-CID4TKPXS1W5G6FR5DFS/5BHalfNudeOrange.jpg Early Work - Half-Nude with Orange Blanket original medium - oil size - 30" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499646565656-IU9U4CUFII0CWGTKOFZ8/6BBlondeNude.jpg Early Work - Blonde Nude original medium - oil size - 28" x 22" https://www.williambernheim.com/his-story daily 0.75 2017-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499649788700-VC5YLMNVCSHM7SKZYEHO/image-asset.jpeg His Story Two Years After Liberation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499649658723-07IB6B3LEQAZYF767Z8Q/passport.jpg His Story The Passport Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499650120735-KOJ9DEOBYZGUKONK5Y1Q/image-asset.jpeg His Story With his wife Lucille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499650235541-AY5CSOM5AF2VLURPUJZA/image-asset.jpeg His Story Original painting available in a Lithograph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499649753138-WTSUUV4M257YXHNYW90D/image-asset.jpeg His Story One Year After Liberation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1499650325140-PWHWUVG0CAKFMQ5B8HGV/image-asset.jpeg His Story Peering at the pants he wore 55 years ago at the showing of his art at The Yeshiva University Museum in 1998. https://www.williambernheim.com/recent-work daily 0.75 2017-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483403-I2MOCVQ09DJ86HM347EQ/03-Desecration-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Desecration Two men in Lodz Ghetto appear heartbroken as they walk past one of Poland's most beautiful synagogues in Lodz which was destroyed in 1939 - now a shell of its former self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483228-042U2CX59LS7L2D9CN6P/04-Lodz-Ghetto-1940-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Cigarettes for Sale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483668-SFSTI2W3MJMNAF0AEJEQ/06-Deportation-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Deportation An elderly Jew removed at gunpoint from his only home he has lived in all his life, forcibly headed to unknown destinations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682483799-AEHWPGU79DKRG6190SF3/09-RIng-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Save Yourself! A mother desperately reaches for her son as he is dragged away by Nazi officers to the concentration camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484426-LH5DGGYA1O1ZQJSJ3IKD/10-Mother-and-Daughter-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Keeping Warm A mother and daughter huddle together during a cold winter night in the Lodz Ghetto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484270-W1D7UTBE50TAXOWTWH54/11-Trapped-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Trapped A teenage brother and his sister, in hiding for days, suddenly discovered by a Nazi officer who mockingly threatens them with death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484593-2D0PK7H2ILR9M9EZLPTO/22-First-Shabbat-WEB.jpg Recent Work - First Shabbos A woman lighting Shabbos candles for the first time since liberation - thankful for freedom but wondering why so many members of her family had to suffer and be tortured to death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682484947-E2CDI86TE3DVK801HV4T/25-Brothers-United-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Two Brothers Two Brothers - one half blind - find each other after both survived years in various concentration camps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682485765-PQ6OQ8C1S3YWQKT4E9VO/29-Come-Home-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Coming Home "Come home to where you belong, my brothers and sisters. For thousands of years, we, the Jewish people, have never known the feeling of having a place to return to. But we can now rejoice together, the wonderful feeling of belonging." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682485946-E54DSTU9MRZ5U9RGG17W/35-Have-a-Heart-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Have a Heart In 1945, a war torn man and woman reunited and returned to Poland in an attempt to survive and reclaim their possessions. Though once a well known composer, the man and his beleaguered wife are now relegated to the streets looking for handouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682486354-XFXE9EI8H40QTV05KJ1P/37-Lucille-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Woman Sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682487121-41D4OQ25FTDAH1R43M6B/41-Never-Forget-WEB.jpg Recent Work - Yellow Star - A Compilation of the Artists' Recognized Work https://www.williambernheim.com/test-page daily 0.75 2018-02-11 https://www.williambernheim.com/press daily 0.75 2022-12-13 https://www.williambernheim.com/lithograph-for-sale daily 0.75 2017-07-10 https://www.williambernheim.com/lithograph-for-sale/kiddush-hashem-lithograph monthly 0.5 2018-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1507682533254-NLEUZPSYJRY6A556XKI3/01-Kiddush-Hashem-WEB.jpg Lithograph for Sale - Kiddush Hashem Lithograph https://www.williambernheim.com/a-holocaust-journey-of-survival daily 0.75 2017-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1523225962818-ZFTOBYKBXDCBQOJRPHYF/Book+Cover.jpg Book For Sale https://www.williambernheim.com/a-holocaust-journey-of-survival/a-holocaust-journey-of-survival monthly 0.5 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59557d7217bffc19aa283975/1523211330758-76Y49M3QR7Y18GQ123Z3/Book+Cover.jpg Book For Sale - My Story: From Hell to Rebirth