Original painting available — $600. Acrylic on canvas, 11 × 14 inches. Select “Original” below to purchase.

Fine-art prints are available in three sizes.

Franceska Mann stands poised among Nazi guards, transforming the grace of a dancer into an image of defiance. Survivor accounts have long identified the Polish Jewish ballerina as the woman who seized a guard’s weapon and fatally shot an SS officer at Auschwitz. Although details of the event vary, her story endures as a powerful symbol of resistance in the face of certain death.