Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Black ink wash on paper depicting a seated male figure reading. An inscription on the lower left corner reads, "Camp des Internes Les Milles, Provence, France. One of a number of pieces of artwork (sketchbooks, ink drawings, watercolors) created by Adolf Fleischmann in the camps during the war. Fleischmann was Elly (Meyerhoff) Abendstern's second husband. He was interned at Camp Les Milles and Saint Nicolas in southern France.
- Date
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creation:
circa 1940
- Geography
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creation:
France during German occupation;
France.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Aldin
- Signature
- lower right corner
- Contributor
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Subject:
Adolf R. Fleischmann
Artist: Adolf R. Fleischmann
- Biography
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Adolf Richard Fleischmann (1892-1968) was born on 19 March 1892 in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany to Wilhelm Adolf (b. 1856) and Pauline (née Grupp, b. 1861) Fleischmann. He had two sisters, Hedwig and Margarete, and his family belonged to the Evangelical Church Community of Esslingen. After high school he studied art in Stuttgart at the Royal School for Applied Arts (Königliche Kunstgewebeschule) and Art Academy (Kunstakademie), and developed a lifelong career as an abstract painter. He served with the German Army during World War I. In the 1920s and 1930s, his art appeared in exhibitions in Stuttgart, Berlin, and Paris among other locations. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, his work was branded as degenerate art and he left Germany. Adolf primarily lived in Mallorca, Paris, and Italy. During the war, he was interned at Les Milles, but managed to escape in 1940. Using false papers, he lived in Limoges, France with a member of the Resistance. After the war he met Elly Abendstern, and moved to Paris with her and her son Peter in 1947. They married in 1948, and in February 1952 all three immigrated to the United States. He continued to work as an artist in the United States, but lived the last few years of his life in Stuttgart. He had a major exhibition at the Württemberg Art Association in Stuttgart in 1966. After his death in 1968, his wife Elly remained in Stuttgart to promote his art.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Ink washes (aat)
- Physical Description
- Black ink wash on paper depicting a seated male figure reading. An inscription on the lower left corner reads, "Camp des Internes Les Milles, Provence, France.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 8.438 inches (21.433 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The ink wash was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Peter Aldin.
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- 2022-07-28 18:16:16
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Correspondence, photographs, documents and artworks relating to the family of Otto and Elly (Meyerhoff) Abendstern and their son Peter Abendstern (later Aldin) as well as Elly's second husband Adolf Richard Fleischmann. Chiefly related to Otto's internment in camps in south France, Elly and Peter's time in hiding in France during the war, and Fleischmann's internment at Camps Les Milles and Saint Nicolas in southern France. Includes birth and marriage certificates, immigration and travel documents, correspondence between members of the Abendstern family, artwork (sketchbooks, ink drawings, watercolors) made by Adolf Fleischmann in the camps, photo albums and loose photographs (pre-war, wartime, and postwar), a Catholic missal given to Peter Abendstern while he was in hiding in 1943, and Peter Aldin's memoir.
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Watercolor painting
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Ink drawing
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Ink wash
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Ink wash
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Spiral bound sketchbook with ink wash drawings inside. One of a number of pieces of artwork (sketchbooks, ink drawings, watercolors) created by Adolf Fleischmann in the camps during the war. Fleischmann was Elly (Meyerhoff) Abendstern's second husband. He was interned at Camp Les Milles and Saint Nicolas in southern France.
Sketchbook
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Sketchbook
Object
Spiral bound sketchbook with pencil drawings inside. One of a number of pieces of artwork (sketchbooks, ink drawings, watercolors) created by Adolf Fleischmann in the camps during the war. Fleischmann was Elly (Meyerhoff) Abendstern's second husband. He was interned at Camp Les Milles and Saint Nicolas in southern France.
Abendstern, Fleischmann, and Meyerhoff families papers
Document
The collection primarily consists of correspondence, photographs, and documents relating to the family of Elly (née Meyerhoff) and Otto Abendstern, their son Peter Abendstern (later Peter Aldin), and Elly's second husband Adolf Richard Fleischmann. It documents Otto's internment in several camps in southern France, Elly and Peter's survival in France during the war in Graulhet and Font-Romeu, and Adolf's internment at Les Milles Camp and Saint Nicolas in southern France. Included are birth and marriage certificates, immigration and travel documents, family correspondence, pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs, and Peter Aldin's memoir. Biographical material includes birth and marriage certificates, passports, immigration and travel documents, refugee paperwork, education papers, and CVs. Other material includes false identification cards of Elly used in Graulhet to live under the name Eléonore Albert (née Miller), an Abendstern family album (Stammbuch), wartime documents related to Peter living as a hidden child in Font-Romeu, copies of wartime documents related to Adolf, and papers related to Adolf’s art career. Correspondence primarily consists of wartime and post-war family letters. Wartime correspondence includes letters exchanged between Otto and his family while he was imprisoned in several camps, Elly and her son Peter while they were separated, and Elly with Suzanne Canard, who helped her son Peter hide in Font-Romeu. Postwar correspondence includes letters to Elly from Marty André, who provided her with shelter in Graulhet. Writings include notes written by Elly, and poems and a personal narrative authored by Peter. Pre-war photographs include depictions of the extended Abendstern and Meyerhoff families in Germany, and the Abendstern family in Wiltz, Luxembourg. Wartime photographs include depictions from two children’s homes in Font-Romeu where Peter survived as a hidden child, and Graulhet, France. Post-war photographs include depictions of André Marty and his family, who hid Elly for two years; the Petit Lycée de Toulouse; Paris; Peter’s family in the United States; and later visits to Auschwitz and Les Milles Camp. Also included are photographs depicting Elly’s second husband Adolf Fleischmann and his family.
Catholic missal given to Peter Abendstern while living in hiding
Object
Catholic missal (a) given to Peter Abendstern (later Aldin) while he was in hiding in 1943. Several small religious cards and documents were also inside the book. (b-i)