Michael Smuss, formally untrained as an artist, brings us a compelling collection of work, which
expresses the anguish and frustration only known by survivors of the Holocaust. The paintings
delve deeply into the artist’s experience and memory. Born in Danzig, Poland, Michael moved with his family to Lodz, Poland, in 1938. His work
reflects his fond memories of those with whom he lived and faced death there. In the Warsaw Ghetto, he joined the underground as a courier and weapons smuggler. He is one of
a handful of those who survived the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and is a testament to the tenacity of
life and strength of spirit. Michael Smuss in defined neither by his victimhood nor his persecution.
His work shows what is forever ingrained in his heart, and the freedom of his soul. |
