Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of 9 intaglio etched prints created by Walter Spitzer based upon his experiences during the Holocaust as an inmate in Blechhammer and Buchenwald concentration camps.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Walter Spitzer.
Browse 9 Items In This Collection
Etching by Walter Spitzer of a skeletal concentration camp inmate gazing at the empty food bowl of another
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.1
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of naked skeletal concentration camp inmates and guards
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.2
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of 2 guards with 3 unclothed female concentration camp inmates
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.3
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching of a group of 3 skeletal children in the outside yard in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.4
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of concentration camp inmates hauling a cart of corpses, with one not yet dead
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.5
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of 2 emaciated concentration camp inmates walking arm in arm
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.6
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of a group of concentration camp inmates listening to a speaker
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.7
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of a dog attacking fallen concentration camp prisoners in an arena
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.8
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
Etching by Walter Spitzer of concentration camp inmates begging, digging in a dumpster, and hauling corpses
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.9
creation: Paris (France)
creation: 1955
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