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Nathan Rapoport (1911-1987), who is also known as Natan Rapoport , was a Jewish sculptor who was born in Warsaw, Poland . His middle name may be rendered in English as either Yaakov or Jacob . In 1936, he won a scholarship to study in France and Italy. He fled to the Soviet Union when the Nazis invaded Poland. The Soviets initially provided him with a studio, but later compelled him to work as a manual laborer. After the end of hostilities, he returned to Poland to study at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts . In 1950, Rapoport immigrated to the United States, where he lived in New York until his death in 1987. His sculptures in public places include: Liberation (Holocaust memorial) , 1985, bronze, Liberty State Park , Jersey City, New Jersey Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nathan Rapoport (1911-1987), who is also known as Natan Rapoport , was a Jewish sculptor who was born in Warsaw, Poland . His middle name may be rendered in English as either Yaakov or Jacob . In 1936, he won a scholarship to study in France and Italy. He fled to the Soviet Union when the Nazis invaded Poland. The Soviets initially provided him with a studio, but later compelled him to work as a manual laborer. After the end of hostilities, he returned to Poland to study at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts . In 1950, Rapoport immigrated to the United States, where he lived in New York until his death in 1987. His sculptures in public places include: Liberation ( Holocaust Memorial ), 1987, bronze, Liberty State Park , Jersey City, New Jersey The Wall of Remembrance ( Warsaw Ghetto Memorial ), in Warsaw, Poland .
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Nathan Rapoport (1911–1987) was a Warsaw-born Jewish sculptor and painter, later a resident of Israel and then the United States.
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Polish-born Israeli-American sculptor and painter Nathan Rapoport ( Hebrew : נתן רפופורט ; 1911–1987) was a Warsaw-born Jewish sculptor and painter, later a resident of Israel and then the United States.
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known as natan rapoport
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warsaw-born jewish sculptor and painter
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