Peretz Chorshati collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of drawings created by Peretz Chorshati in the 1990s about his experiences as a soldier, forced laborer, and refugee in Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, and Poland during the Holocaust, and his voyage to and detention in Palestine after the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Peretz Chorshati.
- Date
- 1994-1997
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- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Warsaw (Poland)
- Date
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creation:
1994
depiction: 1945 October
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: border crossing; Czechoslovakia
- Date
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creation:
1994
depiction: 1945 November
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Russian interrogation office; Prague (Czech Republic)
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creation:
1995
depiction: 1945 November
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: border crossing; Poland
- Date
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creation:
1995
depiction: 1945 November
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Warsaw (Poland)
- Date
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creation:
1996
depiction: 1945 August
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Warsaw (Poland)
- Date
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creation:
1996
depiction: 1945 August
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Warsaw ghetto; Warsaw (Poland)
- Date
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creation:
1997
depiction: 1945 August
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: UNRAA displaced person's camp; Czechoslovakia
- Date
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creation:
1997
depiction: 1946 March
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: France
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 June
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Lyon (France)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 June
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Biria (ship); Marseille (France)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 June
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: H.S. Biria (Ship); Mediterranean Sea
- Date
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creation:
1994
depiction: 1946 June
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Akbel (Ship); Mediterranean Sea
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1945 August
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Haifa (Israel)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 June
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: British detention camp (Palestine); Atlit (Israel)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 June
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Haifa-Tel Aviv road (Palestine); Israel
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 July
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Ramat-Gan (Palestine) (historic); Ramat-Gan (Israel)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946 August
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Ramat-Gan (Palestine) (historic); Ramat-Gan (Israel)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946
- Geography
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creation:
Israel
depiction: Givat Shmuel (Palestine) (historic); Givat Shemuel (Israel)
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1994
depiction: 1946-1947
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Record last modified: 2019-12-05 22:27:58
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Autobiographical ink wash drawing by a Polish refugee of 2 men reviewing a military uniform
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.1
Autobiographical ink drawing of 6 refugees trekking through the snow at night
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.2
Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of a uniformed man and his Russian interrogator
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.3
Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of Polish refugees disguised as Greeks crossing the border
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.4
Autobiographical ink drawing of a man sitting in a bathtub under a running shower
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.5
Autobiographical ink drawing of 2 men in uniform sharing a meal at a train station cafe
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.6
Autobiographical ink drawing of a uniformed man searching in the rubble of a destroyed city
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.7
Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 4 refugees peeling potatoes in a refugee camp
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.8
Autobiographical ink drawing of a group of men and women in a Jewish Brigade truck
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.9
Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 3 men sharing a bed as a fourth removes his shoes
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.10
Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 5 refugee men with knapsacks crossing a guarded gangplank
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.11
Autobiographical ink drawing of a passenger transfer at sea between two Ma’apilim ships
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.12
Autobiographical ink and pencil drawing of a sinking passenger filled boat
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.13
Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 3 adults and a child disembarking at a guarded port
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.14
Autobiographical ink wash drawing of men, women, and children in a detention camp separated by barbed wire
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.15
Autobiographical ink drawing of 2 uniformed men boarding a bus in the countryside
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.16
Autobiographical ink and pencil drawing of a woman on a storefront sidewalk and a man at an outdoor counter
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.17
Autobiographical ink drawing of a man walking along a traffic filled highway
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.18
Autobiographical ink drawing of an armed man guarding a watertower at night
Object | Accession Number: 2010.447.19