Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Polish artist
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz (1927 – 30 March 2001) was a Polish Jewish artist.
Early life
Esther Nisenthal (married name Krinitz) was born into a Jewish family in 1927 in a small hamlet, Mniszek in Poland, the second in a family of 5 children and the oldest girl. Her father was Hersh, her mother was Rachel; her older brother, Ruven; and younger sisters were Mania, Chana and Leah, all lived near their grandparents, aunts, uncles and five cousins.
Esther learned to sew with a local dressmaker when she was nine. Four years later, her quiet rural life was turned upside down by the Nazi invasion, and she eventually, year later, sewed her story in a collage.
Nazi invasion and treatment of Jews
In September 1939, Esther watched Nazi German soldiers arrive in her village of Mniszek, strategically located along the east bank of the Vistula River. She was 12 years old.
For the next three years, German troops used Jewish slave labourers from Mniszek and the nearby city of Rachów to build roads and bridges for their Eastern campaign. Her family had survived the German occupation, although their earnings had reduced to almost nil. Her father, a horse trader, could no longer travel.
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