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"Willi Cohn: Life Expressed Through Art as told by Delilah Cohn"
"On Kristallnacht, my grandfather was dragged from his home to Buchenwald. Evicted, their stores smashed, my grandmother hid until betrayed. My father, Willi Cohn, had already fled to Israel after his political cartoons were stolen in high school and sent to Herman Goering through the Gestapo.
"For my father, art was a vital means of expression. Through keen observation, irony and humor, he illustrated coming of age in Germany during the rise of the Nazis, fleeing to Israel, serving in the Palestinian division of the British Army, in the Haganah, and smuggling refugees off ships in the night. Once we immigrated to the U.S., he illustrated social justice issues and delightful personal drawings.
Delilah Cohn. MEA. CM. FAMI. is a medical illustrator and founder of The Medical Illustration Studio. She was born in Israel, grew up in Chicago, lived in the northeast for 13 years and has lived n Nashville since 1984. She has two grown sons and 4 grandchildren. Both sons have inherited her and their grandfather's artistic talent. One is a concept illustrator and set designer in the film industry; the other is an interaction designer by profession and draws for pleasure. Her father, their grandfather, would have been so pleased knowing that. He was proud that Delilah and her sister, Dorit Suffness, a retired graphic designer, both pursued artistic careers.
"My sister and I are reviewing recordings and editing transcripts of her husband interviewing our father in 1990. Over 24 hours in all, in response to well-phrased conversational questions, he reveals his life in vivid details. Listening to him has brought these stories back to life for us and led us to reread letters and compile his art as a legacy for our children and for the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. to which we donated all but his artwork.