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Drawing of a Jewish policeman from the Kovno ghetto

Object | Accession Number: 1995.89.4

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Person depicted in drawing is either Alexander "Shmaya" or Boris Stupel. The two brothers were policemen in the Kovno Ghetto, and members of the Police Orchestra
    Date
    creation:  1943-1944
    Geography
    use: Kovno ghetto (historic); Kaunas (Lithuania)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Markings
    verso: lower right, encircled, "Otto v. Mauderode/Tilsit", in ink
    Signature
    recto: lower right, "Josef Schlesinger/1943", in pen
    Contributor
    Artist: Josef Schlesinger
    Biography
    ."..active in the [Kovno] ghetto and closely associated with [Esther] Lurie was Josef Schlesinger. From the ghetto's first days he sought out the Paint and Sign Workshop, where he designed projects and most likely took part in several clandestine art exhibitions there. Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1919, Schlesinger began his training at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in 1938. Within the year he and his mother left German-occupied Czechoslovakia for Kovno, where his father managed a textile factory. There he continued his studies at the Arts Institute until his ghetto imprisonment."
    [Klein, Dennis B., ed The Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1997, p. 169]

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Object Type
    Drawing (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Black ink portrait; image of man wearing cap ornamented with a Star of David.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 5.310 inches (13.487 cm) | Width: 4.330 inches (10.998 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, graphite

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
    Record last modified:
    2023-05-31 07:02:13
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