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Drawing of a man walking in an internment camp by another inmate

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    Brief Narrative
    Colored pencil drawing by Fiszel Zber of a man walking past the barracks 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.
    Artwork Title
    Street scene, Beaune-la-Rolande, 1941
    Date
    creation:  1941
    depiction:  1941
    Geography
    creation: Beaune-la-Rolande (Concentration camp); Beaune-la-Rolande (France)
    depiction: Beaune-la-Rolande (Concentration camp); Beaune-la-Rolande (France)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    front, bottom right corner, black colored pencil : F. Zber 1941 / Beaune la Rolande
    Contributor
    Artist: F. (Fiszl) Zber
    Subject: F. (Fiszl) Zber
    Biography
    Fiszel Zylberberg-Zber was a Jewish artist born in Plock, Poland, on June 23, 1909. By the 1930s, he was living in France and established as an artist, especially known for his woodcuts. In May 1940, Nazi Germany invaded France. An armistice was signed in June. Germany occupief the northern and western regions. In 1941, the German began arresting and interning foreign born Jews. Zber was detained around this time. He was sent to Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp. In 1942, the German began deporting the inmates to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported on Convoy 6 to Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland where he was killed on October 26, 1942, at the age of 33.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Physical Description
    Drawing in colored pencil on paper depicting a small gray figure walking down a curved gray road in front of buildings. Behind the figure are 2 white buildings, a small building on left and a 2 story building on right, with orange, box gabled roofs connected by a wall with a partially opened front door. The road curves around a yellow and green field on left in front of several overlapping buildings and utility poles. The sky is colored blue with black shading. It is signed at the bottom.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, colored pencil

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
    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 13:06:27
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