Designed to promote dialogue about the Holocaust, the exhibition An Anchor in the Darkness: Creating Art in Hiding during the Holocaust is offered to the general public in an accessible print and display format recommended for community centers, places of work and public spaces. The museum-quality exhibition files are available free of charge, and with the help of simple, user-friendly instructions, you will be able to print and assemble the exhibition quickly and easily.
During the Holocaust, in the darkest days in the history of humanity, Jews in hiding – in forests, cellars, attics, bunkers and other refuges – created art. The pressing need to improvise materials and produce art in the midst of a life-threatening reality testifies to the immense power of the human spirit.
![André Blondel (Shaye Sasza Blonder) 1909-1949 The Log Cabin, Aix-en-Provence, 1940](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19192.jpg?itok=x6ZzqN_k)
Pencil on paper
Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem
Gift of Hélène Feydy-Blondel, Paris, France
![André Blondel (Shaye Sasza Blonder) 1909-1949 The Log Cabin, Aix-en-Provence, 1940](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19192.jpg?itok=szCqCWxJ)
![Jacob Barosin (1906-2001) Hiding in Soisy, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, 1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/13976.jpg?itok=CHdbYPV-)
Watercolor on paper
30.5x24.6 cm
Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem
Gift of the Garik and Greenblatt families, USA
![Jacob Barosin (1906-2001) Hiding in Soisy, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, 1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/13976.jpg?itok=DyZr-KCa)
![Gerard (Gershon) Polak (1912-2004) Hiding Place II, 1943-1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/8762A.jpg?itok=mGnvx4_-)
Gouache and pencil on paper
26.1x36.7 cm
Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem
Permanent Loan, Artist's Estate
![Gerard (Gershon) Polak (1912-2004) Hiding Place II, 1943-1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/8762A.jpg?itok=UkKEdEMR)