Dina Babbitt | |
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 Dina Babbitt with a copy of one of the portraits she painted in Auschwitz | |
| Born | Annemarie Dina Gottliebová January 21, 1923 |
| Died | July 29, 2009 (aged 86) Felton, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Annemarie Dina Babbitt (née Gottliebová; January 21, 1923 – July 29, 2009) was an artist and Holocaust survivor. A naturalized U.S. citizen, she resided in Santa Cruz, California.[1]
As Dina Gottliebová, she was imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, where she drew portraits of Romani inmates for the infamous Josef Mengele. Following the liberation of the camp and the end of the war, she emigrated to the United States and became an animator. At the time of her death, she had been fighting the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum for the return of her paintings.
She was featured alongside fellow concentration camp survivors and artists Jan Komski and Felix Nussbaum in the 1999 documentary film Eyewitness, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.[2][3]
- ^ Press Release Archived 2006-11-30 at the Wayback Machine of US Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
- ^ "NY Times: Eyewitness". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
- ^ "Eyewitness". Seventh Art Releasing. Retrieved March 7, 2012.