Over the years,
Struck?s home became a meeting point for discussions about forming
a country, including the British high commissioners to
representatives of Jewish and Arab circles. After 1933, a
veritable deluge of refugees from Germany knocked on Struck?s
door, effectively making artistic work impossible: ?So many hard
luck cases go through my home now...? Struck wrote to a friend in
Berlin. As before, Struck used his numerous contacts to help them
wherever he could. Even though the last ten years of his life were
overshadowed by his declining health, Struck left a lasting legacy
as one of the most significant personalities in the public life of
the new Jewish state as an artistic advisor, political mediator
and artist. |