Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Oil on canvas, created by Elly Berkovits Gross, which document her experiences while a prisoner in Birkenau; titled "Last Hours" (2017)
- Title
- Last Hours
- Date
-
creation:
2017
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Elly Berkovits Gross
- Signature
- Elly 2017
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Art
- Category
-
Paintings
- Object Type
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Oil paintings (visual works) (aat)
- Physical Description
- Painting depicting a scene in Birkenau with a train arriving with deportees, soldiers walking with dogs, and the selection of a group of deportees.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 18.750 inches (47.625 cm) | Width: 22.750 inches (57.785 cm)
- Materials
- overall : canvas, oil paint, wood, paper, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Elly Berkovits Gross.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-15 10:20:45
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713505
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