Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Small study depicting an execution at a mass open grave created by Lucjan Saltzman, later George Salton, at a displaced persons camp in 1946 in Neustadt, Germany. It was a study for a watercolor painting, 1988.14.3. In 1941-42, twenty-three year old Lucjan was transferred from the Rzeszow ghetto in Poland to the concentration camp there. He was later deported to a number of concentration and labor camps, including Płaszów and Wieliczka in Poland, Colmar and Urbis, subcamps of Natzweiler in France, Watenstedt, a subcamp of Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme in Germany. After liberation, he spent two years in various displaced persons camps in Germany before emigrating to the United States.
- Artwork Title
- Execution
- Date
-
creation:
1946
- Geography
-
creation:
displaced persons camp;
Neustadt (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Salton
- Contributor
-
George L. Salton
- Biography
-
George Salton (1928-2016) was born Lucjan Salzman on January 7, 1928 in Tyczyn, Poland to Henry and Anna Salzman. He had one brother named Emil. In 1941, he was forced into the ghetto in Rzeszów and was transferred to the Rzeszów concentration camp in 1942. He was later deported to a number of camps, including Plaszów, Wieliczka, Colmar and Urbis (both subcamps of Natzweiler), Watenstedt (a subcamp of Neuengamme), Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin (a subcamp of Neuengamme). After liberation, he spent two years in various displaced persons camps in Germany before immigrating to the United States in 1948. While serving in the U.S. Army, he met Ruth Wolfberg, a fellow survivor. The couple married and raised three children in Rome, NY. After his retirement, he wrote a book, The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir, and co-founded with his wife the Palm Beach chapter of Leah and later Insight, organizations dedicated to the education of young people about the Holocaust.
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Art
- Category
-
Paintings
- Object Type
-
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small oil study for execution at mass open grave
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 20.375 inches (51.753 cm) | Width: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) - Materials
- overall : paper, paint, ink, graphite, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in1988 by George Salton.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:34
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521282
Also in George L. Salton collection
The collection consists of three drawings created by George Salton in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.
Date: after 1945 May
Watercolor created in a DP camp of an execution at a mass grave
Object
Watercolor painting of an execution at a mass open grave created by Lucjan Saltzman, later George Salton, at a displaced persons camp in 1946 in Neustadt, Germany. In 1941-42, twenty-three year old Lucjan was transferred from the Rzeszow ghetto in Poland to the concentration camp there. He was later deported to a number of concentration and labor camps, including Płaszów and Wieliczka in Poland, Colmar and Urbis, subcamps of Natzweiler in France, Watenstedt, a subcamp of Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme in Germany. After liberation, he spent two years in various displaced persons camps in Germany before emigrating to the United States.
Autobiographical sketch created in a DP camp of a Ghetto evacuation
Object
Drawing depicting the evacuation of a ghetto created by Lucjan Saltzman, later George Salton, at a displaced persons camp in 1946 in Neustadt, Germany. In 1941-42, twenty-three year old Lucjan was transferred from the Rzeszow ghetto in Poland to the concentration camp there. He was later deported to a number of concentration and labor camps, including Płaszów and Wieliczka in Poland, Colmar and Urbis, subcamps of Natzweiler in France, Watenstedt, a subcamp of Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme in Germany. After liberation, he spent two years in various displaced persons camps in Germany before emigrating to the United States.
