Finding the Lost Art Legacy of David Friedmann with Miriam Friedman Morris and Liz Elsby – 10.7.22

David Friedmann's (1893-1980) life’s work was Nazi-looted: oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings and lithographs. From childhood, his daughter, Miriam Friedman Morris was drawn into her father’s epic life story, learning about his passion for art, his Holocaust experiences, and strong will to survive. Friedmann’s pursuit of justice inspired her quest to search for his lost art. With each new find, she gained insights into his life, an extraordinary view of his productive career amidst the rich, cultural life before Hitler. Each and every artwork tells a story, documents an event or captures the essence of a moment lost in time. Friedmann continues to live after his death via the passionate insistence of his art to emerge and be rescued from obscurity. In this fourth and final program in the series "Crafting Heritage: The Art of Holocaust Remembrance – A Homage to David Friedmann", Miriam discusses with Liz Elsby her personal journey, which she calls a treasure hunt, in search of her father's legacy. Like a love letter between a father and a daughter, she, as the daughter of survivors, second generation, has taken upon herself to commemorate her father and his artwork. We can all learn from David Friedman's artwork, his diaries, his life-long career as an artist, but, as we saw in today's program, we have a lot to learn through Miriam's personal journey, about keeping the memory alive; passing on a family legacy to the world, and making that human connection that was tried and tested during the Holocaust, but never abandoned, as we have seen in this series through art and culture.