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Color drawing of a bust of a general created by a Jewish refugee boy in a children's home

Object | Accession Number: 1996.31.1

Drawing created by Hans Ament, a young Jewish refugee, in an OSE-affiliated children's home in Izieu, France, from which he was later deported.

Artwork Title
Le general Edouard de Colberg
Date
approximately 1943-1944  (creation)
Geography
creation : Izieu (France)
Language
French
Classification
Art
Category
Children's art
Object Type
Children's drawings (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alfred Ament
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About This Object

Physical Description
Image of a male bust in 19th century military uniform superimposed over a building or wall; drawing decorated with French flags.
Dimensions
overall : 6.750 x 8.875 in. (17.145 x 22.543 cm.)
Materials
overall : paper, colored pencil, ink
Signature
Recto: lower right corner, "JEANNOT", in pen
Inscription
front, upper left corner, ink : Le general / Edouard de Colberg
front, lower left corner, ink : POUR MAMAN DE TON FILS
Contributor
Artist: Hans Ament
Biography
Hans Ament was the son of Max Ament, born June 28, 1895, in Sanok, Poland, and Ernestina Reisz Ament, born September 29, 1902, in Budapest. The family left Austria for Belgium in 1939, planning to emigrate to America. A U.S. visa was issued to Hans on March 22, 1940, in Antwerp, but before he was able to leave, the Germans invaded Belgium and his family was forced to flee instead to France. Max Ament was deported on March 4, 1943, in convoy number fifty from Drancy, and was murdered at either Sobibor or Maidanek. On March 23, 1943, Ernestina Ament entered the sanatorium L'Esperance in Hauteville, several dozen kilometers from the home at Izieu, suffering from tuberculosis; she died on August 7, 1944. Hans Ament was deported on May 30, 1944, in convoy number seventy-five. His brother, Alfred, older by six years, was smuggled by OSE into Switzerland. He lives today in the United States.

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Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Alfred Ament.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:12
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