In 1941 Bernard moved with his family to Sebastopol, California where he worked continuously until his death in 1985.  
The Holocaust had a deep effect on Bernard Zakheim. 
He lost over 300 members of his family including his mother. 
Much of his works after the late 1940's was concerned with the Holocaust and the fight against Fascism.

Polish Cattle Car used to transport Jews to Concentration Camp
watercolor 9" x 12"
Signed and dated 1946

Baba Yar #
watercolor 17 ¼ x 23”
Signed and dated 1946

New Life from Burned Trees in Concentration Camp
oil on canvas
40 x 29”
 Signed and dated 1946

Holocaust, Gas ovens, Burying the dead, Trees sprouting new life

Furnaces of Lublin
oil on canvas
25 x 31 ¾”
 Signed and dated 1946

Nazi Soldiers Torment Rabbi
Rabbi & Fascist Green Helmets
oil on canvas
22 x 18”

Jewish Partisans in Forest
oil on canvas
22 ½ x 19 ½”
Signed and dated 1946

Krochmaza #8
oil on canvas
15 x 20"
Signed and dated 1946
 

Massacre - Study for stained glass window
Brush, pen and ink
52 x 18"
Winner 1946 Awards:
 San Francisco Art Association Exhibition
San Francisco Museum of Art

Massacre in a Synagogue…
oil and egg tempura on masonite, 39 x 30.25"
Signed and dated October 1945

Genocide
Wood & metal sculpture
70 x 54"
Dated1960

Never to forget and never to forgive
Warsaw ghetto 1943
Sculpture wood
16 x 7"

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untitled

The defense of Israel
Pencil drawing
10 x 12"
Signed and dated 1949

Exodus
Watercolor

Importance of the defense of Israel

"Haganah at rest"
1948

Funeral
Watercolor 1948

Study for mural Polish Jews
Signed and dated Paris 1932

Warsaw Poland

Untitled

Untitled

Adolf Eichman

Destruction of Zakheim homes in Warsaw, Poland. 

Jewish American History
and
Jewish Patriots of the American Revolution
Zakheim's motivation for these paintings was to tell the story of
how Jews helped establish this country. 
He saw this as a way of pushing back against American Fascism.

First Jewish immigrants to New Amsterdam in 1650
Oil on canvas, 33 x 41" Signed and dated 1967

General DeKalb being carried from the battlefield by Jewish American soldiers.
Oil on canvas, 37.75 x 25.5"
Signed and dated 1940

Revolutionary Patriot Chaim Solomon revealing secrets of Red Coat military activities to American Officer.
Oil on Canvas, 26 x 37.75"
Signed and dated 1940

Chaim Solomon: revolutionary financier
Oil on Canvas
Signed and dated 1940

Colonel Solomon Bush of Charleston with his corps of Jewish volunteers 1776.
Oil on Canvas
Signed and dated 1940

Jewish patriot signing the Non-Importation Resolution of 1775 to protest the Stamp Act.
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1940

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