Chasing Portraits is Very Personal

Chasing Portraits is a very personal story for director Elizabeth Rynecki as she seeks to recover her great-grandfather’s lost artwork. Prior to World War 2 and the rise of Hitler, Poland had a thriving Jewish community numbering some 3 million.  Among those who died include Warsaw-based artist Moshe Rynecki.  The artist would be murdered at Majdanek, a Nazi concentration and extermination camp.  After the war, a mere ten percent or so would survive.  A once thriving community…

"Chasing Portraits is Very Personal"