Art historian Ariela Braunschweig discusses her ongoing research uncovering the lives and legacies of Jewish artists persecuted under the Nazi regime.

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While a small number of renowned Jewish artists who survived the Nazi era have well-documented legacies, countless others remain undocumented—often because their lives were cut short or their work was lost or destroyed during the Holocaust. As Head Researcher for the Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project, provenance researcher Ariela Braunschweig leads the effort to build the first comprehensive directory of these persecuted artists across Europe. Drawing on materials from the NYPL’s archives, including the records of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars, Braunschweig shares recent discoveries and reflects on how the United States became a refuge for many displaced artists.

Presented in connection with Jewish American Heritage Month.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Ariela Braunschweig, originally from Zurich, Switzerland, is an art historian with expertise in WWII-era provenance research. Ariela currently leads a research project for the Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project (JDCRP) on the ‘Documentation of Persecuted Jewish Artists.’ Previously, Ariela worked as a researcher for the Restitution Department at Christie’s in London. She received her MA in Art History in a Global Context from the Freie Universität Berlin.

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Courtesy Ariela Braunschweig