Drawing of men chopping wood behind the barbed wire at Camp de Gurs

Object | Accession Number: 2001.66.13

Date: creation: 1941 August 08
Geography: depiction: Gurs (Concentration camp); Gurs (France)
creation: Gurs (Concentration camp); Gurs (France)
Language: French
Classification: Art
Category: Drawings
Object Type: Pencil drawing (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edith Schwartz

Physical Description: Rectangular form; recto, image of men behind barbed wire fence chopping wood and repairing furnace.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 9.300 inches (23.622 cm) | Width: 12.125 inches (30.798 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, graphite
Signature: front, lower left corner, pencil : Camp de Gurs / Basses Pyrenees / France / R. Toumbe / 14/8/41
Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
Corporate Name: Gurs (Concentration camp)--Pictorial works.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Edith Schwartz.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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