Exhibition showing war in the eyes of children and 'shocking' similarities between modern and historical paintings in 16 Polish cities. It combines Ukrainian children's drawings depicting the Russian invasion and Polish children's drawings created after World War II, The Art Newspaper writes..

The exhibition " The drawings are a touching testimony to the war, highlighting its particularly brutal impact on young members of society..

The performance is a joint initiative of the National Archives of Poland and the Ukrainian digital project " The National Archives of Poland holds over 7,000 children's drawings from 1946, created as part of a post-war initiative to enable young Poles to work through the trauma of the Nazi occupation..

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Also, the “Mom, I see war” project has collected more than 13,500 children's drawings since the start of the Russian invasion in February.. Its founders intend to create a permanent digital collage of Ukrainian children's work, while spreading awareness of the plight of Ukraine and raising funds for humanitarian aid.. Upon completion, the collage will be auctioned as NFT, with all proceeds going to Ukrainian children's charities..

According to Pawel Piotrzyk, director of the National Archives of Poland, the similarities between modern and historical children's drawings are " " They draw the wounded and the dead, the houses and graves are destroyed. They draw themselves and their families. They draw evacuation and escape. But they, too, paint images of hope and their dreams for the future.”.

Post-war drawings of Polish children 1946.

In addition to drawings, the exhibition presents personal testimonies of Polish and Ukrainian children about their experience of the war.. Nine-year-old Zlata from Mironovka, southeast of Kyiv, writes: “I want to see the sun, not the basement walls.”.

The exhibition is accompanied by a quote from the Polish, Jewish educator and children's advocate Janusz Korczak, who was killed in the Treblinka extermination camp in 1942: “A child is not a soldier. She does not defend her Motherland, although she suffers along with her..

" And it's no coincidence. Janusz Korczak, a Polish educator, doctor and writer, came to the decision at an early age to devote himself to helping children suffering from a lack of warmth and kindness,"

Read more about the mentioned Polish figure in the article by the author ZN. UA Sergei Cherepanov Name of the great protector of children.