Painted in words. The portrait of a lost time

Reading and Talk With Samuel Bak (audio recording available, in German)

Samuel Bak describes Jewish life in Wilna shortly before the obliteration.

At the heart of the family story is the nine-year-old Samuel Bak, now an artist of international renown, who for sixty years was only able to express his experiences in pictures - until he wrote this book.

“Of all the hundreds of books I have read on the period before and after the Shoa, Samuel Bak’s book is unique,” writes Amos Oz in his foreword.

Organized in cooperation with the Literaturhandlung and Beltz Publishers.

recording available

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Old Building is marked in green

Where

Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

The glass courtyard is filled with people and illuminated in purple.

Audio recording of the talk by Samuel Bak, in German; Jewish Museum Berlin 2007

Where, when, what?

  • When10 Oct 2007
  • Where Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
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