Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Watercolor painting on tissue paper, mounted to white matboard. The painting depicts two women and a child. The woman in the foreground is wearing a Star of David on her clothing.One of six (6) works of art created by artist Susanne Berglind (donor's mother) illustrating her experiences during the Holocaust. Susanne Zimmerman was born in Miskolic, Hungary and was interned in the ghetto there. Susanne was deported to a series of concentration camps with her sister and mother, including Auschwitz, Płaszów and Bergen Belsen. Her mother died at liberation in Bergen-Belsen. The six works of art, which are watercolor on tissue or pastel on paper, document these experiences. Susanne was taken to Sweden after liberation on June 28, 1945 on the Kastleholm, where she recuperated.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Berglind
- Signature
- lower right
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Watercolor painting (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Watercolor painting on tissue paper, mounted to white matboard. The painting depicts two women and a child. The woman in the foreground is wearing a Star of David on her clothing.
- Dimensions
- pictorial area: Height: 13.310 inches (33.807 cm) | Width: 9.080 inches (23.063 cm)
- Materials
- overall : watercolor, paper
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The watercolor was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Eva Berglind, the daughter of Susanne Berglind.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:14:05
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