Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Fixed pastel drawing by Zvi Hirsch Szylis (Herschel Szylis) depicting the Litzmannstadt-Getto (or Łódź ghetto), where he was deported to in 1940 before he was sent to Auschwitz in 1944.
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1944
acquired: approximately 1970-1979
- Geography
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creation:
Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland);
Łódź (Poland)
acquired: Israel
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, gift of Melanie Redler In honor of Samuel, Martha, and Irving Redler
- Signature
- front, bottom right corner, pastel : H. Szylis / Łódź getto 1944
- Contributor
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Artist:
Herschel Szylis
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Pastel drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular drawing in primarily yellow, brown, red, and blue pastels on cardboard depicting buildings, wooden fences, and streets around a square that features a central water pump
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) | Width: 33.100 inches (84.074 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cardboard, pastel
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum has made reasonable efforts but is not able to determine the copyright status of some or all of the material(s) in this collection, or identify and/or locate the potential copyright owner(s). The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but it cannot provide any information to the user about the status of the copyright(s). The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
- Copyright Holder
- Unknown
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- (Łódź, Poland)
- Corporate Name
- Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pastel drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Musem in 2023 by Melanie Redler, in honor of Samuel, Martha, and Irving Redler.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-05 10:14:07
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn739810
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