H.N. Werkman (1882-1945) - De rit naar Berlijn

This print or lithograph is a limited edition from the Groninger Museum from 1985, and the large one without a frame is 50x32 cm.
It is in very good condition and the photos are an integral part of the description.
H.N. Werkman (1882-1945) - Hasidic Legends (illustration), The Journey to Berlin
The Hasidic Legends. The Journey to Berlin. This is a print from the famous Litho series.
In early 1941, H.N. Werkman read Die Legende des Baalschem by Martin Buber, a collection of stories about the eighteenth-century Polish Jewish teacher Yisroel ben Eliezer, nicknamed the Baal Shem Tov. Werkman was deeply impressed. In a short time he, using stencils, printing ink, and other materials from his print shop, produced twenty compositions inspired by these wonderful stories. In doing so he overcame the artistic block he had felt since the start of the German occupation.
In 1942 and 1943, Werkman printed editions of these prints, divided into two series of ten, which he called Suites. They appeared at the clandestine publisher De Blauwe Schuit, for which Werkman produced a total of forty editions between 1941 and 1944. The texts in this forty-edition series, of which the Hasidic Legends formed part, usually did not directly concern the war situation, but they did refer to it. With Geuzen songs and psalms, but also modern stories and poetry, the publishers wanted to give their audience a morale boost. This succeeded, partly thanks to Werkman’s colorful illustrations.
Werkman was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst in the spring of 1945. The liberation of Groningen on 15 April came too late for him. On 10 April 1945 he was executed at Bakkeveen along with nine others.