Chava pressburger biography

She was born in 1866 in central Bohemia.
Chava Pressburger was born in 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Otto and Marie Ginz, who met through the Esperanto movement.
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Chava was born in 1930 in Prague, Czech Republic. She passed away in September 1992 at the age of 92. Chava lived in Omer, near Be'er Sheva, Israel.

Chava studied painting in both Prague and Paris, later expanding her expertise in printmaking and papermaking in Israel. She was a member of the Israel Painters & Sculptors Association.

Throughout her career, Chava was a versatile artist, focusing on painting and printmaking. In the later stages of her life, she became known for her unique works made from handmade paper, created using rags, recycled paper, and local plants—especially Thymelaea hirsuta.

Chava taught and worked at the Visual Arts College of Be'er Sheva, specifically at the Bob Leslie Paper Mill, where she shared her knowledge and passion for papermaking.

Her art was exhibited widely in Israel, Europe, and the USA. She was also a participant in the first International Biennial of Paper Art in Düren, Germany. Chava's works were acquired by notable institutions such as the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and the Museum of Paper Art in Düren, as well as by various ga

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Chava Pressburgerová

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Chava Pressburgerová was born in 1930 as Eva Ginzová in a mixed Czech-Jewish family. She comes from a very learned and cultural environment. Her parents, both Esperanto speakers, met during a congress in Prague. She was born in Prague, and with her brother Petr, who was two years older, they lived in the Petrská Quarter in Prague. Eva and Petr were classified as first degree Jewish half-breeds and they were sent to the ghetto in Terezín after they turned fourteen. Petr joined the transport in 1942, Eva followed him two years later. While in Terezín, Petr Ginz was publishing a boys‘ magazine Vedem and writing his journal. Ginz‘s name is now also known in relation to his drawing, which the Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon took with him on board the Columbia space shuttle whose flight ended tragically. Eva met her brother in Terezín, but only for a brief time, since he was transported to Auschwitz in September 1944 where he later died. Eva and her father have survived until t

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Chava Pressburger

Chava Pressburger was born in 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Otto and Marie Ginz, who met through the Esperanto movement. Chava and her older brother, Petr, grew up in a liberal, Zionist Jewish home.

When Bohemia and Moravia were annexed by Germany in March 1939, Chava and Petr were defined as first degree mixed race individuals (Marie was not born Jewish), and all laws and limitations pertaining to the
Jews also affected them. Otto was forced out of his managerial job, and took menial work at Jewish community institutions.

In 1942, Petr was deported to the ghetto in Terezin; Chava followed in May 1944. She was placed in an orphanage for girls and put to work harvesting vegetables and sorting scrap metal. She met up with Petr, who taught her English, read to her, and checked up on her studies. A multi-talented youth with a rich imagination, Petr continued to draw and paint. He also wrote and illustrated short stories and articles, some of them inspired by his favorite author, Jules Verne, and edited the underground ghetto youth newspaper, Vedem. In Sep