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Daniel Ozmo (14 March 1912 – 5 September 1942) was a Yugoslav Jewish painter and printmaker. He studied in
UMJETNICI JEVREJI XX STOLJEĆA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
(ARTISTS – JEWS OF THE 20th CENTURY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) Sefarad 92 str. 313–321
Ozmo was captured along with
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Sephardi Jews Jewish painters People who died in Jasenovac concentration camp 1912 births 1942 deaths People from the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav Jews Yugoslav painters Yugoslav artists Bosnia and Herzegovina artists Bosnia and Herzegovina Jews who died in the Holocaust Sephardi Jews who died in the Holocaust {{BosniaHerzegovina-artist-stub
Belgrade
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, where he became a member of the communist progressive youth movement.
His paintings, other than of Sephardi Jewish life, portrayed social relations in rural and working class Bosnia. His works were exhibited 1932–40 in Sarajevo, where he was one of the founding group of young painters, and in Belgrade in 1937.Azra BegiÄUMJETNICI JEVREJI XX STOLJEĆA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
(ARTISTS – JEWS OF THE 20th CENTURY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) Sefarad 92 str. 313–321
Ozmo was captured along with Daniel Kabiljo
Daniel Kabiljo (6 March 1894, Sarajevo – 1944, Jasenovac concentration camp) was a Yugoslav Jewish Sephardi artist. His lithographs of Sephardi life were published in 1924 but the originals are lost.
His art was featured in a propaganda film ...
in Sarajevo by the Nazis after the Invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was p ...
. As he was known as a leftist activist due to his involvement with the Collegium Artisticum movement in the 1930s, Ozmo hid with his sister's family to avoid arrest, but was ambushed by the police while attempting to flee the city. He was deported to the Jasenovac concentration camp on November 16th, 1941. At the camp, he was forced to perform heavy labor such as building the camp barracks, a wire fence and a dam. Ozmo was also the kapo of an artists' workshop known as the "ceramic group" which produced "official" propaganda art for the camp. Some of these works are kept in the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was executed in the camp in 1942, either on August 1st or September 5th, by shooting.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Sephardi Jews Jewish painters People who died in Jasenovac concentration camp 1912 births 1942 deaths People from the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav Jews Yugoslav painters Yugoslav artists Bosnia and Herzegovina artists Bosnia and Herzegovina Jews who died in the Holocaust Sephardi Jews who died in the Holocaust {{BosniaHerzegovina-artist-stub