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1. Drawing of a house exterior and a woman by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.29
Date:
creation: 1940-1957
Artwork Title:
Woman looking at a house
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
2. Sketchbook of drawings created postwar by a former Polish soldier, POW, and refugee
2010.35.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.35.1
Date:
creation: 1949-1954
depiction: 1939-1954
… and sent to Stalag XIB prisoner of war camp outside Fallingbostel, Germany, and assigned prisoner number 140379. He worked in a smeltery as a crane…
3. Drawing of a water wheel by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.60
Date:
creation: 1940-1957
Artwork Title:
View of a Water Wheel and Building
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
4. Etching by Walter Spitzer of concentration camp inmates hauling a cart of corpses, with one not yet dead
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.5
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
TO THE KREMATORIUM EVEN HALF ALIVE
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
5. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of despairing and hungry Jews in the Łódź Ghetto
1988.182.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.1
Date:
creation: 1963 December
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Hunger in Lodzer Ghetto
Alternate Title:
Despairing and hungry Jews in Lodzer ghetto
… artist, creating sketches on the frontlines. Following his return to Berlin, Friedmann exhibited at numerous galleries throughout Germany and…
6. Etching by Walter Spitzer of a dog attacking fallen concentration camp prisoners in an arena
2008.340.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.8
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
GAMES IN THE ARENA
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
7. Etching by Walter Spitzer of a group of concentration camp inmates listening to a speaker
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.7
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
SURVIVE AND TELL
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
8. Etching by Walter Spitzer of 2 emaciated concentration camp inmates walking arm in arm
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.6
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
ACCOMPANY ME!!
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
9. Etching by Walter Spitzer of a skeletal concentration camp inmate gazing at the empty food bowl of another
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.1
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
TOMORROW MY TURN
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
10. Etching of a group of 3 skeletal children in the outside yard in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.4
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
THEY WERE INNOCENT
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
11. Etching by Walter Spitzer of concentration camp inmates begging, digging in a dumpster, and hauling corpses
2008.340.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.9
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
EVEN THE PEELINGS
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
12. Etching by Walter Spitzer of naked skeletal concentration camp inmates and guards
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.2
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
EVERY DAY SCENE
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
13. Etching by Walter Spitzer of 2 guards with 3 unclothed female concentration camp inmates
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.3
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
SELECTION
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…