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Fritz Ascher SocietyDave2024-08-30T06:56:11-04:00

Our Mission

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Migration

“Identity, Art and Migration”
An online exhibition about seven artists persecuted by German Nazis, 1933-1945.

February 27, 2022 – February 27, 2027

“Fritz Ascher: Themes and Variations”
A Digital Exhibition Experience
September 30, 2021 - September 30, 2026

Upcoming Events

Ruth Morley and Lore Segal, Kindertransport Survivor Artists on Film
Film Screening and Conversation with Director Melissa Hacker
August 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Three Exiles of the German-born artist Samson Schames (1898-1967)
Presentation by Annika Friedman (Germany), Rachel Dickson, PhD (UK) and Ori Z. Soltes, PhD (USA)
August 27, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Ossip Klarwein (1893-1970): an Architect’s Journey from Berlin to Jerusalem
Presentation by Jacqueline Hénard, Berlin (Germany)
October 1, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Matisse at War. Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France
Book talk by Christopher C. Gorham
October 22, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Who is
Fritz Ascher