Nicky Imber

After escaping the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau,[1] he pledged to dedicate his art to perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust.

His work can be seen around the world, in Northern Israel, the United States, and the Venezuelan Museum of Natural History in Caracas.

The ship's passengers were refused entry by the British mandatory authorities and imprisoned in a detention camp in Mauritius.

[2] In 1943, Imber worked out a deal with the authorities for his release by joining the British Army, serving as a war artist and a dental assistant in East Africa.

In New York he became famous for his realistic oil paintings of portraits of Aga Khan, Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Sir Richard Burton and Simon Bolivar.