Alina Szapocznikow
Holocaust survivor
Died when: 46 years 290 days (561 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Alina Szapocznikow (Polish: [?ap?t??'?ik?f];May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish sculptor and Holocaust survivor.She produced casts of her and her son's body.
She worked mainly in bronze and stone and her provocative work recalled genres such as surrealism, nouveau realism, and pop art.
During World War II she was imprisoned in the Pabianice and Lódz Ghettos and in Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Theresienstadt Nazi concentration camps.
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