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1. Drawing of a precipice with trees for an illustrated book planned by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.13
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
One step and she stood on the edge of a cliff
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
2. Drawing of an instructor and her female pupils by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.7
Date:
creation: approximately 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
The teacher pushed the table to one side
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
3. 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…
4. Drawing of 2 young girls for a planned illustrated book by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.10
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
Trixie put her arms around the shaking forms of her chum
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
5. 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…
6. Drawing of a man at a spinning wheel done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man
Kitty Piller de Wolff Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2012.113.2
Date:
creation: 1944 January 10
… Soviet forces approached the camp in mid-January 1945, it was evacuated and prisoners were deported to other camps in Germany. By February 10, Abraham was…
7. Drawing of a girl asleep in a straight back chair by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.94
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
In two minutes she was deeply asleep
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
8. Drawing of a doorway for a planned illustrated book by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.9
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
The door was just as she left it, half-open
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
9. 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…
10. 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…
11. Drawing of a stone tower and parapet in the countryside by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.8
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
The tower being built of dark-coloured stones
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
12. Illustration of a man standing in a doorway by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.71
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
Man Standing in the Passage
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
13. Drawing of a portrait hanging over a fireplace done by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.73
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
Who is the picture on the mantle-piece?
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
14. Drawing of interior living area by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.74
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
He opened a door in the corner of the kitchen
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
15. Ink drawing of two girls barring a door created to illustrate a story by German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.95
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
They raised the plank and place it in the slots
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
16. Drawing of two girls in a cave by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.75
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
Trixie lifted her candle and looked up
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
17. Drawing of black and white cows in a barn done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man
Kitty Piller de Wolff Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2012.113.3
Date:
creation: 1944 January 20
… Soviet forces approached the camp in mid-January 1945, it was evacuated and prisoners were deported to other camps in Germany. By February 10, Abraham was…
18. Illustration of a girl in front of a stile by a German Jewish graphic artist
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.76
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
Child Standing at Fence Holding a Rope Ladder
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
19. Illustration of a boy by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.58
Date:
creation: 1940-1945
Artwork Title:
Gavin Stood on the Lawn in His Swim Suit
…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
20. 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…