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Nathan Rapoport (1911-1987), who is also known as Natan Rapoport, was a Jewish sculptor who was born in Warsaw, Poland. His middle name may be rendered in English as either Yaakov or Jacob. In 1936, he won a scholarship to study in France and Italy. He fled to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 when the Nazis invaded Poland. The Soviets initially provided him with a studio, but later compelled him to work as a manual laborer.






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Nathan Rapoport (1911-1987), who is also known as Natan Rapoport, was a Jewish sculptor who was born in Warsaw, Poland. His middle name may be rendered in English as either Yaakov or Jacob. In 1936, he won a scholarship to study in France and Italy. He fled to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 when the Nazis invaded Poland. The Soviets initially provided him with a studio, but later compelled him to work as a manual laborer. After the end of hostilities, he returned to Poland to study at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. In 1950, Rapoport immigrated to the United States, where he lived in New York until his death in 1987.

His sculptures in public places include:
  • Liberation (Holocaust Memorial), 1987, bronze, Liberty State Park
    Liberty State Park

    Liberty State Park is a state park in Jersey City, New Jersey, New Jersey. It has a coastline along the Hudson River with views of the Manhattan skyline, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island....
    , Jersey City, New Jersey
    Jersey City, New Jersey

    Jersey City is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Jersey City was 240,055, making it New Jersey's List of municipalities in New Jersey , behind Newark, New Jersey....
  • The Wall of Remembrance (Warsaw Ghetto Memorial), in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Monument to Mordechai Anilewicz at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai
    Yad Mordechai

    Yad Mordechai is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located 10 Kilometre south of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council....
    , Israel
  • The Last March, bronze sculpture in Yad Vashem
    Yad Vashem

    File:Yad Vashem BW 3.JPGYad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament....
    , Jerusalem, Israel
  • The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, bronze sculpture in Yad Vashem
    Yad Vashem

    File:Yad Vashem BW 3.JPGYad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament....
    , Jerusalem, Israel
  • Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial at Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA.


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