Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Painting: created in 1959, illustrating the experiences of Max Mittelmark, born in 1906 in Strojinetz, Bukovina [present day Ukraine] and deported to Transnistria where he was confined to the Bersad ghetto and experienced horrible livingg conditions which are described in his artwork. He and his wife Fanny survived, returned to Romania and eventually came to the United States in the late 1950s.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alon Harnoy
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Jewish ghettos--Painting (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 38.500 inches (97.79 cm) | Width: 49.750 inches (126.365 cm)
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 Alon Harnoy, the grandson of Max Mittelmark.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:20:01
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn625929
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