Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Watercolor created by Zdenka Eismannova while she was interned in Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The painting depicts the exterior of the leichenkammer or corpse chamber which is indicated in a poem on the front of the watercolor. Zdenka was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt in September 1942. From there she was deported on June 9, 1943, to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland where she is presumed to have perished.
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1943
depiction: 1942 September-1943 June
- Geography
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depiction:
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp);
Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Neulinger
- Signature
- bottom right
- Contributor
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Artist:
Zdenka Eismannova
- Biography
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Zdenka Eismannova was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), in 1897. She was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in September 1942. Nine months later, on September 6, 1943, she was transferred to Auschwitz, where she is presumed to have perished.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Watercolor painting (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Watercolor on paper; landscape view; image shows two men carrying a stretcher in left foreground with buildings in background; laundry lines in front of buildings; three people sit at a table in the far left, and a group of people are gathered around a tree in the right background; at right foreground, a square contains a poem titled "LEICHENKAMMER /Q 707 L421" and "Terezin 1943 / Z. EISMANNOVA" to right of square; paper has holes along left edge and is affixed to torn black construction paper. It was previouslty housed in a carved wooden album depicting a view of Prague on the front and designs on the reverse.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps--Czechoslovakia--Pictorial works. Concentration camp inmates as artists--Czechoslovakia. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives, Jewish. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art. Women concentration camp inmates--Biography.
- Corporate Name
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The watercolor painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Ron Neulinger.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:47:59
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47181
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Album
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Album; originally housed 5 watercolor on paper created by Zdenka Eismannova while she was interned in Theresienstadt; carved wooden album depicts a view of Prague [front] and designs [back]. The artist of the watercolors, Zdenka Eismannova, born in Prague in 1897, was deported to Theresienstadt in September 1942. From there she was deported on June 9, 1943 to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland where she is presumed to have perished.
