Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Pencil and black ink drawing of a labor camp created by Clara Chomenk Nossowa who was interned in the camp in Grajewo, Poland, as a slave laborer during World War II. The drawing is not dated but is believed to have been created after the war and after Clara's emigrated to the United States.
- Geography
-
depiction:
labor camp;
Grajewo (Poland : Powiat)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edward J. Marohn
- Contributor
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Artist:
Clara C. Nossowa
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Concentration camps in art (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Graphite and black ink drawing on paper.
- Materials
- overall : paper, graphite, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps in art--Pictorial works. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art--Pictorial works. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland--Pictorial works.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Edward J. Marohn, the son of Clara Chomenk Nossowa.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:27:06
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520178
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Also in Edward J. Marohn collection
The collection consists of a drawing and a negative photocopy of the drawing.
Photocopy of a drawing of a labor camp
Object
The negative photocopy is of an original drawing (2002.174.1) of a labor camp in Grajewo, Poland, created by Clara Chomenk Nossowa.
