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<\/p>\nGraphic sketches of the Holocaust are now part of a permanent exhibit at Manhattan University after a New York couple discovered them in their new home.<\/p>\n
Helene Orce and her husband found over 20 sketches by artist Marcel Roux, a member of the French Resistance, preserved in a satchel inside a closet at their Westchester County home after moving in over 30 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The raw images depict what life was like during the Holocaust across three concentration camps.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
“Over the years, we would show them to different people who came to the house. And a lot of people wouldn’t finish looking at them,” Orce said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Orces were told to hold onto the sketches after asking the previous homeowner, Ruth Epstein, and her caretaker at the time about them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sketches have the words “To my dear friend, Captain Epstein,” written on them in French. Roux sent them to Epstein’s husband, Dr. William Epstein, a liberator during the Holocaust who later became a doctor in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roux had been imprisoned during the Holocaust, and was eventually freed. Now, his sketches are on display to the public in an exhibit fittingly called “Lost Stories of the Holocaust.”<\/p>\n
“What’s specifically really unique about Roux, is how quickly he did this in such a short time,” said\u00a0Dr. Mehnaz Afridi<\/a>, director of religious studies at Manhattan University.\u00a0<\/p>\n Manhattan University<\/p>\n Afridi added, “I think it’s more important that non-Jews learn this story, and that they understand that not only Jews were victims.”<\/p>\n The university is expecting to receive another sketch by Roux in the near future.<\/p>\n “I had a woman contact me who also possesses a sketch because her father, who had a sketch from Marcel Roux when he was also in a field hospital,” Afridi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Orce’s husband, Ken, a retired lawyer, is now living with Alzheimer’s. She wishes he could see the exhibit at his alma mater.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I hope somewhere up there, he’s getting the message,” she said.<\/p>\n![\"keleshian-6p-pkg-holoca-wcbshg5u-hi-res-still-00-00-3026.jpg](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/keleshian-6p-pkg-holoca-wcbshg5u-hi-res-still-00-00-3026.jpg#.jpeg\")
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