“Keep this safe, it is my whole life.”

Quote of Charlotte Salomon, 1943; as cited on Wikipedia, English
as the Nazis intensified their search for Jews living in the South of France in 1943, she handed the 769 paintings on paper over to a trusted friend with these words

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