For a Crust of Bread
For a Crust of Bread by David Olère.
1946, 21x27 cm,
Olère Family.
David Olère depicts himself writing letters for the SS and decorating them with flowers in exchange for a crust of bread. Olère's talents as an artist and translator (he spoke Polish, Russian, Yiddish, French, English, and German) made him useful to the SS.
David Olère: L'Oeil du Témoin/The Eyes of a Witness. New York: The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1989, p. 84.
Reprinted with permission from the Beate Klarsfeld Foundation.
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