Sunflowers and Butterflies

Lauren Bergman

Sunflowers and Butterflies, 2018

Oil on cradled panel

48 x 36 in.

On the morning of July 25, 1941, Ukrainian auxiliary police began arresting Jews in their homes. Jewish prisoners were dragged to the Jewish cemetery and the Łąckiego Street prison, where they were executed out of public view. Approximately 2,000 were murdered over the course of three days.