Dina Babbitt
Biography:
Dina Gottliebova Babbitt (formerly known as Dinah Gottliebova), born January 21, 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia, is a Holocaust survivor, who is now a US citizen. She resides in Santa Cruz, California. In 1944, while in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, she was ordered by Dr. Josef Mengele to draw portraits of the Gypsies. As of now, seven watercolor portraits survive, all located in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
Babbitt is requesting the return of her paintings. A Congressional resolution supports her request. The museum rejected her claims.
She was the second wife of Art Babbitt, an animator.
A petition has been created to help Ms. Babbitt regain her pictures. http://www.wikipedia.org
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