Overview
- Description
- Contains an invitation sent to Henryk Hechtkopf by the Provisional Jewish Committee in Łódź, asking him to attend a meeting regarding opening a Jewish cooperative; an issue of the April 19, 1948 "Nasze Slowo" newspaper published by the "Poalei-Zion" party on the occassion of the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, including a drawing by Henryk Hechtkopf depicting the fighters and the victims.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Postawski
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Newspaper.
- Extent
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1 folder
1 oversize folder
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Memorial rites & ceremonies.
- Geographic Name
- Łódź (Poland).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Rachel Postawski.
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- 2023-02-24 14:33:54
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Also in Henryk Hechtkopf collection
The collection of consists of four postwar drawings, an invitation and a newspaper relating to the experiences of Henryk Hechtkopf, following his return to Warsaw, Poland, after the war during which he was imprisoned in a Soviet slave labor camp. -Łódź, Poland
Date: 1946-1948
Drawing of a destroyed Warsaw street by a slave labor camp survivor
Object
Pencil drawing created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. It depicts the rubble strewn remains of Nalewski Street. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a young survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
Object
Pencil portrait of a girl created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a male survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
Object
Ink portrait drawing of a man created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a child survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
Object
Ink portrait drawing of a child created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
