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1581. Autobiographical drawing by David Friedmann of Jewish prisoners on their way to bury a shot comrade
1988.173.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.2
Date:
depiction: 1944 August-1945 January
creation: 1945
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Burying a Shot Comrade
… his persecutors, Friedmann saw his art as a form of resistance that diminished the power of evil and gave him the will to survive. Conditions in the…
1582. Set of seven lobby cards for the film “Ostatni Etap” (1948)
2018.590.154.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.154
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1948 March 28
distribution: approximately 1961 January
… Auschwitz and their attempted resistance activities. The film was the first theatrical Holocaust feature made in Eastern Europe following the war, and was one…
1583. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a mother with two children in Lodzer Ghetto
1988.173.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.3
Date:
creation: 1964 January
depiction: approximately 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Mother with Two Children
… his persecutors, Friedmann saw his art as a form of resistance that diminished the power of evil and gave him the will to survive. Conditions in the…
1584. Pewter mustard pot owned by Otto Frank
2018.613.4 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.4
Date:
manufacture: after 1800-before 1900
… woman who had two young sons. When the danger became too great, they moved into the home of Mrs. Klompe, a teacher. Resistance members built a false tile…
1585. Card with 46 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee
2018.258.8 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.258.8 a-e
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… ink : Doppelter / Metallring ohne Lötung. / Grösste Widerstandsfähigkeit. [Double / metal ring without soldering. / Greatest resistance.]…
1586. Drafting kit used by Mayer Altarac whose family fled from German occupying forces
2002.438.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.6 a-z
Date:
received: 1935
… register with the police. Jewish men, including Mayer, were taken for forced labor. The Germans took hostages to prevent any resistance, and Jewish hostages…
1587. Les Gueules Cassées French National Lottery ticket
2013.391.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.391.2
Date:
issue: 1939
… woman who had two young sons. When the danger became too great, they moved into the home of Mrs. Klompe, a teacher. Resistance members built a false tile…
1588. Charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a Jewish man from a suburb of Prague waiting for deportation
1987.121.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.121.1
Date:
creation: 1963
depiction: approximately 1941 October
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Awaiting deportation
Alternate Title:
Before Evacuation to the Ghetto
… his persecutors, Friedmann saw his art as a form of resistance that diminished the power of evil and gave him the will to survive. Conditions in the…
1589. Handmade aluminum box incised with the name of a concentration camp inmate found by another inmate
2004.340.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.340.2
Date:
found: 1944 August-1945 January
… group in Krakow but arrived late. Fascist Polish resistance members killed all but one of the group; Roman helped bury them. Roman and Jacob left for Bad…
1590. Set of 16 scene stills for the film “Ostatni Etap” (1948)
2018.590.155.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.155
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1948 March 28
distribution: approximately 1949 March 21
…. The film centers on prisoners staffing the women’s camp hospital at Auschwitz and their attempted resistance activities. The film was the first…
1591. Monogrammed tablecloth owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.5
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… woman who had two young sons. When the danger became too great, they moved into the home of Mrs. Klompe, a teacher. Resistance members built a false tile…
1592. Monogrammed napkin owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.6
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… woman who had two young sons. When the danger became too great, they moved into the home of Mrs. Klompe, a teacher. Resistance members built a false tile…