Rahel Szalit-Marcus
Rahel Szalit-Marcus | |
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Rahel Szalit-Marcus Self-Portrait, 1926 | |
| Born | 2 July 1888 Telz, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 1942 (aged 54) Auschwitz concentration camp, German-occupied Poland |
| Other names | Rachel Szalit-Marcus |
| Known for | Painting, illustrating |
| Spouse | Julius Szalit |
Rahel Szalit-Marcus (2 July 1888 – August 1942) was a Jewish artist and illustrator. Born Rahel Markus in Telz [Telsiai] in the Kovno region of Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, she was active in Berlin during the Weimar Republic and in Paris in the 1930s. She was best known for her illustrations of East European Jewish subjects. Szalit-Marcus was murdered at Auschwitz in August 1942.