Samuel Jessurun De Mesquita
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | June 6,1868 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Amsterdam |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | February 11,1944 |
Died | Oswiecim |
Poland | |
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ID | 981712 |
Samuel Jessurun De Mesquita Life story
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita was a Dutch graphic artist active in the years before the Second World War. His pupils included graphic artist M. C. Escher. A Sephardic Jew, in his old age he was sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis, where he was gassed along with his wife. After the war, de Mesquita was largely forgotten.