Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
- Title
- United by Fire
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frederick Terna
- Contributor
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Artist:
Frederick Terna
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Painting, abstract (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 29.250 inches (74.295 cm) | Width: 21.250 inches (53.975 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm) - Materials
- overall : canvas, paint, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Frederick Terna.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-23 16:50:34
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn594440
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Also in Terna family collection
The collection consists of documents, correspondence and photographs illustrating the experiences of Frederich Taussig, born 1923 in Vienna, Austria and raised in Prague, Czech Republic and survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps. Materials also illustrates his mother [d. 1932] and father, Lona and Jochanan Taussig, younger brother Thomas [the latter two whom did not survive] as well as his first spouse Stella [also survivor of Auschwitz]. Paintings and artwork; postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick’s experiences surrounding the Holocaust. Included is a harmonica belonging to Tomas "Tommy" Terna, who entrusted it to his friend Zdenka Herboltova in Prague before he was deported, and ultimately killed at Auschwitz. She held on to it her entire life, and upon her death her grandson returned it to Frederick Terna c. 2014. Photographs taken durng summer camp in Czechoslovakia dated 1938-1939.
Harmonica
Object
The harmonica belonged to Tomas Terna, who entrusted it to a friend in Prague, Zdenka Herboltova. Her grandson later returned the harmonica to Frederick Terna.
Terna family photographs
Document
Contains photographs taken during summer camp in Czechoslovakia, dated 1938-1939.
Terna family papers
Document
Contains documents, correspondence, and photographs illustrating the experiences of Frederich Taussig [donor], born 1923 in Vienna, Austria and raised in Prague. Taussig survived the Theresienstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps. Also contains materials concerning his mother and father, Lona and Jochanan Taussig; younger brother Thomas; as well as his first spouse Stella, who was also a survivor of Auschwitz.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.
Artwork by Frederick Terna
Object
Postwar art that reflects and illustrate Frederick Terna's experiences surrounding the Holocaust.