Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Ink portrait drawing of a child created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1946
- Geography
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creation:
Warsaw (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Postawski
- Signature
- ink : Henryk Hechtkopf
- Contributor
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Artist:
Henryk Hechtkopf
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Portrait drawing, Polish (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Portrait of child who was a Holocaust survivor.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cardboard, paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Rachel Postawski, the cousin of Henryk Hechtkopf.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:14
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The collection of consists of four postwar drawings, an invitation and a newspaper relating to the experiences of Henryk Hechtkopf, following his return to Warsaw, Poland, after the war during which he was imprisoned in a Soviet slave labor camp. -Łódź, Poland
Date: 1946-1948
Drawing of a destroyed Warsaw street by a slave labor camp survivor
Object
Pencil drawing created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. It depicts the rubble strewn remains of Nalewski Street. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a young survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
Object
Pencil portrait of a girl created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a male survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
Object
Ink portrait drawing of a man created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Henryk Hechtkopf collection
Document
Contains an invitation sent to Henryk Hechtkopf by the Provisional Jewish Committee in Łódź, asking him to attend a meeting regarding opening a Jewish cooperative; an issue of the April 19, 1948 "Nasze Slowo" newspaper published by the "Poalei-Zion" party on the occassion of the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, including a drawing by Henryk Hechtkopf depicting the fighters and the victims.
