Herszaft was born in 1886 in Warsaw. He was a painter, graphic artist, man of letters. Having graduated from high school, he studied at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts (1904–1905). He was granted a scholarship and left for Italy (Rome, Florence), and later for Munich (1912–1914). Having returned to Poland, he most dealt with prints, using a variety of techniques (etching, steel engraving, drypoint, and others). He specialised in portraits, landscapes, and thematic compositions (Rosh Hashanah, Salome). Some of his most important works are the cycle of etchings titled “Old Berlin” and a folder of etchings published in 1934. Herszaft exhibited his art in Poland and abroad. He was a frequent traveller and doubled as a columnist. In 1934, he published a collection of six short stories titled “The Son of Apollo.” During World War II, he stayed in the Warsaw Ghetto. Many of his works were destroyed when his studio was set on fire. The artist himself was deported with his family to the death camp in Treblinka and killed at the site. Author of the entry: Zofia Borzymińska. The entry originates from the Polish Judaic Dictionary (http://www.jhi.pl/psj)