BER
ZALKIND
He was a teacher of painting and
drawing in Jewish schools in Vilna. In
the years between the two world wars, he frequently published articles on issues
concerning painting and art in the Vilna Yiddish newspapers. With the outbreak of WWII (September 1939), he
escaped from Vilna to Grodno, and from there he was evacuated to Soviet Russia,
where he died soon after arriving.
Sources:
Sh. Katsherginski, in Khurbn vilne
(The Holocaust in Vilna) (New York, 1947), p. 191; Lerer-yizker-bukh (Remembrance volume for
teachers) (New York, 1954), p. 158; Y. Sandel, in Folksshtime (Warsaw) (November 17, 1956).
Thanks for this information, it was hard to find. Two paintings of Zalkind (from the end of thirties): views of Vilno, https://jenya444.livejournal.com/594314.html
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