1. David Olere Artwork

2. David Olere
David Olere is a well-known artist whose work testifies to the atrocities of the Holocaust. He is the only professional artist among the known survivors of Jewish Sonderkommando squads who worked in the gas chambers and crematoria of the Nazi camps. The horrors he witnessed are incomprehensible. As such, his work can be seen as an expression of eyewitness testimony. He did not sketch for enjoyment; he sketched in testimony to all those victims who never came back. Take a moment to view some of Olere’s artwork and reflect on what it must have been like for those who were victims of the Holocaust.

3. “Unable to Work” What I See What It Means -Color -Lighting
-Lines (physical and implied)
-Objects
-Focal Points
-WHY did the author choose to include these elements?
-What do these elements add to the message of the picture?

4. “Burying the Remains of Children”

5. “Arrival of a Convoy”

6. “Gassing”

7. David Olere artwork, 200 word response
You must choose ONE of the David Olere paintings and write a response to it. Answer the following questions in your response:
What is one of the overall messages which Olere is trying to communicate in the piece?
HOW does Olere communicate that message? Give specific examples of what you see in the painting which communicates this message.