Gertrude Winter collection

Collection

Overview

Collection Summary: Gertrude Winter collection of drawings, documents, notebooks, correspondence. Gertrude Winter was born on February 28, 1905. She was a first-and second grade teacher for girls at the "Volksschule der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien," which was located in the Castellezgasse in Vienna. The school was closed in the summer of 1941. The content of the collection includes drawings, poems and essays. There are also nine notebooks with between 22-48 pages of writing. In addition there are 11 photographs of the students and teacher. Altogether 35 of the children can be identified by their names. One known survivor, Herta Griffel, escaped to the United States in November, 1940. Another known survivor, Ruth Weiner, left Vienna on a Kindertransport. A third, Dorit Deutsch, is also believed to have survived. Twenty seven of the children were deported between February 12, 1941 and October 9, 1942. Gertrude Winter was deported a short time before her last students and was killed in Auschwitz in October 1944.
Provenance: The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 and 2017.

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Drawing of a house and people created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.2

Drawing of a winter scene created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.3

Drawing of flowers created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.4

Drawing of two skiers created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.5

Drawing of a windmill created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.6

Drawing of butterflies created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.7

Drawing of a bird created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.8

Drawing of birds and butterflies created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.9

Drawing of a girl created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.10

Drawing of a bicycle created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.11

Drawing created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.526.12

Gertrude Winter papers

Document | Accession Number: 2016.526.13

Date

inclusive: 1939-1941

Drawing of flowers in a park created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.2

Drawing of a tree created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.3

Drawing of a house and cookware created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.4

Drawing of flowers entitled "Ausflug" (Excursion) created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.5

Drawing of a skier, trees, and birds created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.6

Fragment of a drawing created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.7

Drawing of windows and doors created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.8

Drawing of animals and examples of the letter "A" created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.9

Double-sided drawing of a house interior and cookware created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.10

Double-sided drawing of people, a house and a cat created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.11

Drawing of windows, flowers and teacups created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.12

Drawing of two people by a table created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.13

Drawing of a house with trees, grass, a bird, and person created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.14

Drawing of a house with trees and person created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.15

Drawing of two people in a store created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.16

Paper with sketches, writing and arithmetic exercises created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.17

Drawing of a table and chairs created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.18

Double-sided drawings of a house, clock and market scene created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.19

Drawing of ducks and birds on the grounds of Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.20

Drawing of a grocery store with a list of food items created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.21

Paper collage depicting grass, sky, and a tree created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.22

Drawing of a house and front yard

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.23

Drawing of cleaning items entitled "Putztag" (Cleaning Day) created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.24

Drawing of cleaning items entitled "Putztag" (Cleaning Day) created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.25

Drawing of cleaning items entitled "Putztag" (Cleaning Day) created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.26

Drawing of cleaning items entitled "Putztag" (Cleaning Day) created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.27

Drawing of cleaning items entitled "Putztag" (Cleaning Day) created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.28

Drawing depicting Dornroschen, or Sleeping Beauty, created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.29

Drawing of people and a house with a fenced yard, trees and birds created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.30

Drawing of a girl in a dress with three geese created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.31

Paper collage depicting a person standing next to a flowering tree created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.32

Paper collage depicting a person standing next to a house and a tree created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2016.527.33

Paper collage depicting a table, Shabbat candles and a star of David created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.332.2

Drawing of a bird in a cage on a table created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.332.3

Drawing of a menorah created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.332.4

Drawing of a table with a menorah and dreidel on top and a person seated at a chair created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.332.5

Drawing of a sukkah for the holiday of Sukkot created by a Jewish Austrian child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.332.6

Collage made by child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.681.2

Collage made by child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.681.3

Collage made by child

Object | Accession Number: 2017.681.4