Overview
- Artwork Title
- Inmates Waiting at Drancy Transit Camp, December 1944
- Date
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creation:
1944 December
depiction: 1944 December
- Geography
-
creation:
Drancy (Concentration camp);
Drancy (France)
depiction: Drancy (Concentration camp); Drancy (France)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Signature
- front, bottom right corner, black watercolor : [artists's mark] Drancy / Dec 1944
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Prisoners in art (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Watercolor on thick paper depicting a panoramic view of an internment camp with a street and barbed wire fence extending diagonally down the left side. On the right is a group of people gathered in a multicolored plaza in front of 2 red brick barracks with gray gabled roofs. Behind them is a large, gray, 5 story block building with rows of windows and doors and a green field on right. On the opposite side of the street is a multicolored field. A line of tall trees screens a town of overlapping white buildings with red roofs in the background under a partially colored blue sky. The artist’s mark, location, and date are at the bottom. There are brown stains across the top and 2 black ink stamps on back.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, watercolor
- Inscription
- back, top left corner, pencil : ERLH 93
back, top right corner, pencil : No 157
back, left, stamped, black ink : STE FRANCO – AMERICAINE / PUBLI – AS / S.A.R.L. AU CAPITAL DE 50 MILLIONS / 121. RU? ??AUMUR / CEN. 00 – 01 [Franco - American Publi – AS Limited Liability Company, Societe a responsabilite limitee]
back, right, stamped, black ink : STE FRANCO – AMERICAINE / I – AS / DE 50 MILLIONS / AUMUR / [CEN.] 00 – 01
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates as artists--France--Drancy--Biography. Concentration camps in art--France--Drancy--Pictorial works. Deportees--France--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art--France. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives. Jewish artists--France--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Corporate Name
- Drancy (Internament camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The watercolor painting was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
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- 2023-06-06 09:04:44
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Date: 1941-1944
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Drawing of a man walking in an internment camp by another inmate
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Color drawing of internment camp garden by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Color drawing of a fence near an internment camp garden by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Color drawing of an internment camp flower garden by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Portrait of an old man in an internment camp hospice by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Portrait of a male internment camp inmate by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Sketch of fields near an internment camp by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Sketch of a field on the edge of town by a Polish Jewish internment inmate
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Ink sketch by Fiszel Zber of a field at the end of the town near Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Drawings of internment camp inmates by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Sketches of internment camp inmates by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Studies of internment camp inmates by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Five studies of inmates in various positions drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Double drawing of people waiting at a station by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Side by side drawings of a rail station with people waiting drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Portrait of an internment camp inmate by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Pencil portrait with studies drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Double sided drawing of three camp inmates by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Two sided drawing of 3 seated men, a field, and a town drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Sketches of inamtes during free time by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Two sided drawing of 3 seated men, a field, and a town drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Studies of camp inmates by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Studies of men in repose drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Drawing of camp inmates writing by a Polish Jewish inmate
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Studies of camp inmates writing drawn by Fiszel Zber at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
Studies of camp inmates reading by a Polish Jewish inmate
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