Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Wood carving presented to Herman Yablokoff in 1947. Yablokoff was a star and director in the Yiddish Theatre who entertained at displaced persons camps throughout Europe after World War II.
- Artwork Title
- Two Cats
- Date
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1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anita Willens
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Woodwork
- Object Type
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Wooden novelties (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- framed, square wood carved relief; image of two cats, one wearing yellow shirt and green pants, the second wearing red dress with white apron, carrying pitcher of milk (raised image of two stylized cats attached to a wooden background; one cat is wearing a yellow shirt and green pants and the other cat is wearing a red dress and carrying a pitcher; framed by dark green textile-covered mat and light green painted frame)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Depth: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, paint, cloth, adhesive, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugee camps--Europe.
- Personal Name
- Yablokoff, Herman, 1903-1981.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The wood carving was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Anita Willens.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:34
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The collection consists of documents and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Yablokoff after World War II
Date: 1945-1950
Handcrafted wooden picture given to a Yiddish entertainer at a displaced persons camp
Object
Wood carving presented to Herman Yablokoff in 1947. Yablokoff was a star and director in the Yiddish Theatre who entertained at displaced persons camps throughout Europe after World War II.
Handcrafted wooden picture given to a Yiddish entertainer at a displaced persons camp
Object
Wood carving presented to Herman Yablokoff in 1947. Yablokoff was a star and director in the Yiddish Theatre who entertained at displaced persons camps throughout Europe after World War II.
Painted plaster cast given to a Yiddish entertainer at a displaced persons camp
Object
Plaster picture presented to Herman Yablokoff in 1947. Yablokoff was a star and director in the Yiddish Theatre who entertained at displaced persons camps throughout Europe after World War II.
Painted plaster cast given to a Yiddish entertainer at a displaced persons camp
Object
Plaster picture presented to Herman Yablokoff in 1947. Yablokoff was a star and director in the Yiddish Theatre who entertained at displaced persons camps throughout Europe after World War II.
Herman Yablokoff papers
Document
The Herman Yablokoff papers include correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Yablokoff’s 1947 tour of displaced persons camps in Germany, Austria, and Italy, his visit to Cuba later in the year, and, more broadly, the work of the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) with displaced persons. Correspondence includes letters of introduction, gratitude, and praise for Herman Yablokoff and his performances at displaced persons camps from survivor committees, displaced persons, and JDC offices in Hallein, St. Ottilien, Bergen‐Belsen, Frankfurt, Salzburg, Rome, and Munich. Photographs Herman Yablokoff onstage, with JDC staff, and with displaced persons; Jewish scouts; children; memorials, monuments, and cemeteries; and Zionist demonstrations. Additional JDC publicity photographs depict the JDC’s work with displaced persons in Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Poland. Printed materials include an April 1947 edition of The Week in Munich: A Weekly Entertainment Guide published by the military government in Bavaria, the October‐November 1947 issue of "The JDC Digest" including an article about Yablokoff’s performances, a November 1947 program for an event Yablokoff attended in Havana, and clippings about Yablokoff’s 1947 tour and about his wife, Bella Meisel.
