Aa
  • Read, Watch, Listen
  • TJI Series
  • Community Action
  • Events
  • Zedi
Follow us and continue the conversation
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube
Test yourself with the TJI Quiz!

Adjust size of text

Aa

Follow us and continue the conversation

  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube

Your saved articles

You haven't saved any articles

What are you looking for?

Original reporting, insightful analysis and diverse views, delivered straight to your inbox

  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube
Your support fuels our mission to inform, entertain and inspire.

The Jewish Independent is bound by the Standards of Practice of the Australian Press Council. If you believe the Standards may have been breached, you may approach The Jewish Independent or make a complaint to the Australian Press Council in writing at www.presscouncil.org.au. The Council may also be contacted on 1800 025 712.

  • Our Story
  • Contact us
  • Our Team
  • Support us
  • Guidelines
  • Pitch your idea
  • Republishing us
  • Community Action
  • Our Awards
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube
Aboriginal FlagTorres Strait Islanders Flag

The Jewish Independent acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and strive to honour their rich history of storytelling in our work and mission.

© The Jewish Independent 2026All Rights Reserved
Website design and development by Your Creative, MelbourneTerms & ConditionsPrivacy Policy
HomeRead, Watch, ListenAustralia
Australia

Wollongong Art Gallery investigates donor for Holocaust links

TJI Pick
Print this

Published: 25 March 2022

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The gallery is grappling with revelations a major donor with a gallery named after him was likely a Nazi collaborator before emigrating to Australia from Lithuania in 1950

Wollongong Art Gallery investigates donor Bob Sredersas for Holocaust links (ABC)
The Wollongong Art Gallery is grappling with shock revelations a prize donor with a gallery named after him was likely a Nazi collaborator before emigrating to Australia in 1950 from Lithuania

‘I am Bob. Just Bob’: Could a Wollongong folk hero have had a Nazi past? (Guardian)
The steel city knew him as a migrant made good who contributed a great gift to the arts. But one man has been digging into the true identity of Bob Sredersas

Photo: Bronius "Bob" Sredersas donated significant artworks to the Wollongong Art Gallery in 1976 (Michael Bach)

You might also like
  • Rediscovered in Melbourne: the 75-year odyssey of Nazi-looted Jewish books
    Jason Schulman
  • 100 Jewish noses, including mine
    Clara Shapiro
  • Teary eyed on Bondi: a young artist’s response to tragedy    
    Jana Vytrhlik
logomark.67a07ee3
We believe in the free flow of information

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, by using our Creative Commons licence

You might also like

    Royal Commission final
    Royal CommissionNewsAustralia

    Strategies for cohesion final focus of Royal Commission hearings

    Peter Kohn 1
    funding handouts
    NewsAustralia

    Who will get the money from the Cranbourne windfall?

    Gideon Cohen
    Beinart Doogue 600
    Israel Hamas WarNewsAustralia

    Beinart takes a wrecking ball to Israel

    Michael Visontay 1

About the author

TJI Pick

TJI Pick

TJI Picks are curated articles selected by The Jewish Independent Editorial team.

More from the author

NewsAustralia

Australia votes for Palestinian sovereignty in occupied territories

NewsAustralia

Antisemitic vandal likely to avoid criminal conviction

AnalysisAustralia

Why police can’t stop neo-Nazis marching in Australia

OpinionIsrael

Treason, trauma, and how the war could end