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Satan Leads the Ball, 1942, detail, photo Irvin Ungar Through the Arthur Szyk Society   Arthur Szyk (1894–1951), best known for his richly detailed book illustrations and magnificent illuminations on Jewish themes, began his career as a gifted book illustrator and ultimately became one of the most influential World War II artists in America. During World War II, he devoted his energies to advocating the defeat of Nazi Germany and its allies and calling the world’s attention to the mass murder of Europe’s Jews. His powerful and brilliant wartime cartoons and caricatures filled the pages of leading newspapers and magazines, such as Time, Esquire, the New York Post, Collier’s, the Chicago Sun, and Look, and earned him a reputation as a “one-man army” in the Allied cause.  Bibliography	Wednesday, June 19th, 2002, 7 p.m. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater The program is being presented at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in cooperation with the Newseum. The special exhibition The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk will be open for viewing. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call (202) 488-0407. Doors to the Museum open at 6 p.m. For an e-mail reminder, please join our Monthly Newsletter at www.ushmm.org/ museum/publicprograms. What impact did editorial cartoons have on American public opinion during World War II and what role did they play in creating awareness of the persecution and murder of Jews during the Holocaust? A panel of experts examines these and other questions during a discussion held in conjunction with the special exhibition The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk. The program examines Szyk’s work, the motivation behind it, and how it compared with the work of other wartime cartoonists. Panelists Steven Luckert, curator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Permanent Exhibition and co-curator of The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk Geoffrey Moss, Pulitzer Prize nominated political artist syndicated by Creators Syndicate Sandy Northrop, coauthor of Drawn and Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons and an independent documentary producer for PBS Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist at The Birmingham News and president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Moderator Frank Bond, Newseum producer and former WUSA-TV reporter and anchor This program is a cooperative effort of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Newseum and is supported by a grant from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
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