File:Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). The Germain 'Authority' in Poland (1939), London (cropped).jpg

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English: This striking image of skull-headed Death as a Nazi soldier was an oft-repeated visual phrase for Szyk. Poland, the first to be cut down by the power of the German scythe was particularly familiar with the Grim Reaper. Hundreds of thousands of Poles, both Gentile and Jewish perished during Hitler’s Reign of Terror.
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Source The Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame, CA (www.szyk.org)
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Arthur Szyk  (1894–1951)  wikidata:Q711673
 
Arthur Szyk
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Artur Szyk
Description American-Polish caricaturist, painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 16 June 1894 Edit this at Wikidata 13 September 1951 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Łódź New Canaan
Work period 1914 Edit this at Wikidata–1951 Edit this at Wikidata
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