Forum Jacob Pins

The painter and graphic artist Jacob Pins, born in Höxter on January 17, 1917, fled the Nazi persecution of Jews to Palestine, but after the war he reconnected with the city of his birth and donated his artistic estate to Höxter. In 2003, the city of Höxter made him an honorary citizen. Jacob Pins died on Dec. 4, 2005 in Jerusalem.
The Jacob Pins Gesellschaft – Kunstverein Höxter documents and administers the foundation, which comprises hundreds of works, and also offers an exhibition forum to other selected artists of different backgrounds.
At the same time, the Jacob Pins Society is committed to documenting and keeping alive the memory of the parents Dr. Leo Pins and Ida Pins and the other Höxteran victims of the Shoah.