Naftali Bezem

Naftali Wahba Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; November 27, 1924 – October 2, 2018) was an Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor.

His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who were later murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp.

Naftali immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1939, at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group.

Bezem's son Yitzhak was killed in the 1975 Zion Square refrigerator bombing in downtown Jerusalem.

[3] In addition to painting and sculpture, Bezem created murals, wall reliefs, tapestries, and stained glass windows.

From Holocaust to Rebirth , cast aluminum sculpture by Naftali Bezem, 1970, Yad Vashem , Jerusalem, Israel . From left to right the four parts art titled The Destruction , Resistance , Immigration to Israel and Rebirth .
Young Girl with a Flower , oil on canvas painting by Naftali Bezem, 1959, private collection