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Project: Samuel Steinmann Time witness 
160 - 160 cm 2014 Oilpaint

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The Unveiling the portrait of Samuel Steinmann the time witness by Knut Andre Vikshåland full video
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The Unveiling of the Painting, portrait of Samuel Steinmann time witness one Auschwitz survivor. Wednesday 26 November In the Old 
Assembly University of Oslo Norway

Painted by artist Knut Andre Vikshåland
Present were The Crown Haakon Magnus of Norway

Speeches of Guri Hjeltnes (Director at HL center), Erwin Kohn, 
(Chairman and Board of the Jewish community) and Håkon Harket 
Nanna Segelcke took the podium. And not least, Samuel Steinmann 
himself. Arve Tellefsen and Vox Humana accounted for musical 
performances.

The Crown Prince Regent had the opportunity to have a 
conversation with Steinmann in the aftermath of the event.


Samuel Leon "Sammy" Steinmann (born 24 August 1923) is one of 
the few Norwegian Jews who survived annihilation camp Auschwitz. 
After Julius Paltiel death on 7 March 2008 and his death LeVold 28th 
June 2009, he is the only living Jewish Norwegian who have survived 
the camp.

Steinmann grew up on Nordstrand in Oslo. He was like a Jew a 
victim of Nazi attempt to exterminate the European Jews during 
WWII. He was arrested the fall of 1942 and in December the same 
year, he was deported with slave ship DS "Danube" to Auschwitz 
along with around 531 other Norwegian Jews. Samuel Stein Manns 
brother, Harry Steinmann, was killed shortly after arriving at the 
camp. Samuel Steinmann got the prisoner number 79 231. In January 
1943, there were only ten Norwegian Jews left of the 530 who had 
been deported.

In January 1945 forced evacuees SS Auschwitz when the Red Army 
invaded Poland. 66,000 Jewish prisoners were sent on death march. 
The Norwegian Jews who were part of this march was Samuel 
Steinmann, Julius Paltiel, Leo Eitinger, Assor Hirsch and Pelle Hirsch. 
The march went through the Czech Republic and inward in 
Germany 
to end up in Buchenwald. In March came the white buses to 
Buchenwald to retrieve Scandinavian prisoners, but Samuel 
Steinmann and the other four Norwegian Jews could not be there. 
They were first released by the Americans on April 11, after having 
cheated death again by stealing clothes with number of dead, non-
Jewish prisoners.

Samuel Steinmann live today in Oslo.

He was in 2012 awarded King's Medal of Merit in gold.

NEWS: http://tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsrevyen/NNF…

TVNORGE: http://tv.nrk.no/program/OFAA19000106..


A special thanks to Samuel Steinmann for letting me paint him, 
it was an honor.

Knut Andre Vikshåland

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"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that´s beyond my conceit."
                                            
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