Mike Oznowicz

Isidore F Oznowicz

• U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
• Birth: Aug 11 1916
• Death: Nov 28 1998
• Last residence: Oakland, California 94618, USA

https://jweekly.com/2022/07/28/once-buried-in-europe-a-hitler-puppe...

https://puppatoons.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/frank-ozs-dad-and-me/

After the German invasion of the Low Countries in 1940, Mike and Frances fled their home city of Antwerp. A hectic refugee transit followed with stops in Biarritz, Casablanca, Lisbon and the United Kingdom, where Oz was born, before a postwar return to Belgium until he was five, followed by relocation to California’s Bay Area. Now this family narrative is on display in an unconventional exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco.

“Oz is for Oznowicz” debuted at the CJM on July 21. Running through November, its signature piece is a farcical marionette depicting Hitler. Hand-carved by Mike Oznowicz, it has its own WWII-era rescue story. It is on public display for the first time, as are numerous other marionettes created by Oz’s parents in the years preceding WWII.
(From ‘the times of Israël’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-frank-oz-exhibit-reveals-muppet-c... )