@article{Agarwal_Cho_2021, place={Houston, USA}, title={Theresienstadt Ghetto: Propaganda, Paintings, and Protest: A case study analysis}, volume={10}, url={https://www.jsr.org/hs/index.php/path/article/view/1541}, DOI={10.47611/jsrhs.v10i3.1541}, abstractNote={<p>Throughout history, art has been used to express, emote, and empathize. It has provided a lens to understand history beyond figures and statistics, through the eyes of the people. The aim of this research study was to conduct a case study analysis of an art movement that emerged from the Theresienstadt Ghetto as a protest movement against the endeavor by the Nazis to use the Jewish inmates and their work as a tool of propaganda during the Holocaust. This paper consists of two parts. First, a detailed discussion of the environment of Theresienstadt was presented to show its evolution from the Nazis’ deceptive intent to put forth the illusion that it was a haven for Jewish people to the deterioration of living conditions and the audacious birth of an artistic hub upon the initiative of the Jewish inmates. Second, an in-depth analysis of four key works of art created in Theresienstadt, namely <em>Transport Arrival</em> by Leo Haas, a sketch by Helga Weissova, <em>The Song is Over</em> by Pavel Fantl, and <em>Film and Reality </em>by Bedrich Fritta, showcased the extraordinary courageous spirit of the artists in optimizing the meager resources they had to fight against their oppressors.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Student Research}, author={Agarwal, Navya and Cho, Kah Ying}, year={2021}, month={Oct.} }