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Caricature of HIAS worker created by Hungarian refugee

Object | Accession Number: 1996.114.10
Date
1946  (creation)
Classification
Art
Category
Drawings
Object Type
Caricatures (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anne Gure. In Honor of the Vabalas Family, four people to whom I owe my survival. In Memory of my grandmother Basia Kantorovich and Aunt Cilia and my friend Julia Garfunkel who all perished in the Grosse Aktion [sic], October 28, 1941.
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About This Object

Physical Description
Drawing in charcoal and paint on paper of a caricature of a blonde haired woman wearing a HIAS uniform running and holding large net, people caught in net, around her: buildings and people made of prisoner identification cards being reunited with others.
Dimensions
overall : 9.875 x 13.750 in. (25.083 x 34.925 cm.)
Materials
overall : paper, paint, charcoal
Contributor
Artist: Gyuri Fejer

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Anne Gure.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:06:43
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Also in Anne Gure collection

Anne Gure papers

Document

Collection of photographs and documents concerning the experiences of Anne Gure (Gurwitz), who worked with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in a Munich DP camp (possibly St. Ottilien); one postwar document issed by the Central Committee of Libnerated Jews in Bavaria, dated December 5, 1945, stating that she had been a former prisoner at Stutthof; and one Swiss Red Cross document with the results of a chest x-ray.

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