Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Color sketch by Erwin Abadi and given to the donor's grandfather, Donald W. Rust. Colored pencil sketch depicting the head and shoulders of a man in the foreground, and a map of Europe in the background, along with the image of a gun and a helmet. A banner underneath reads 1944.II.16-1945/War in Europe 1939-1945. The drawing is signed by the artist.
- Artwork Title
- Hillersleben. Germania. Europa
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Christina Brown
- Signature
- lower left
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Color drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Colored pencil sketch depicting the head and shoulders of a man in the foreground, and a map of Europe in the background, along with the image of a gun and a helmet. A banner underneath reads 1944.II.16-1945/War in Europe 1939-1945
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 8.310 inches (21.107 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, pencil, colored pencil
- Inscription
- bottom and lower right
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Christina Brown.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:16:41
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn564038
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Also in Donald W. Rust collection
Original color drawings created by Hungarian Jewish survivor Erwin Abadi and given to Pfc. Donald W. Rust (donor's grandfather) after liberation near Magdeburg; newsletters & documents of Rust’s US Army unit; photograph of woman depicted in Abadi drawing; photograph of Donald Rust; photograph and obituary of Edwin Rust (Donald’s brother); envelope and original housing material that collection arrived in and was stored in.
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Object
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Drawing of an infant by Ervin Abadi given to a US soldier
Object
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Color sketch
Object
Color sketch by Erwin Abadi and given to the donor's grandfather, Donald W. Rust. The drawing depicts three men, including Donald Rust, holding bottles of wine. It is signed by the artist and dated May 18, 1945.
Donald W. Rust papers
Document
Contains newsletters and documents of Donald Rust’s US Army unit, including a photograph of woman depicted in Abadi drawing; photograph of Donald Rust; and a photograph and obituary of Edwin Rust (Donald’s brother).