David Olère

David Olère (1902-1985) documented scenes he witnessed in different camps by drawing after being liberated by the Allied forces. After the war, his art works were used as evidence by historians to prove the existence of gas chambers in Auschwitz. There was no photography was taken inside concentration camps; the world didn't know the dreadful reality inside the camps. Olere, the artist who survived the Holocaust, documented the cruel scenes in his artwork. Olere's artistry mostly centered around his life experiences in the concentration camp where he worked as a labor and witnessed terrible atrocities Jewish people suffered. As a victim himself, Olere chose to use his art to reveal these facts. His artworks are of great significance for historical narration on the Holocaust and concentration camps.