Caricature of a painter at work by a fellow inmate in Terezin

Mark Talisman papers

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The papers consist of identification cards, postcards, letters, forms, reports, and photographs documenting life in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust.

Charcoal drawing of bunks in a cluttered barrack room

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Charcoal drawing of a room lined with bunk beds created by an unknown artist at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Ink drawing of loaded wagons in a courtyard

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Drawing of wagons being loaded in a courtyard created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Red chalk drawing of a small house amongst trees

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Drawing created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Watercolor of a bridge over a river water with a distant view of the Terezin tower

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Watercolor of a bridge over a tree lined river and a view of the Theresienstadt tower in the distance created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Watercolor of the Theresienstadt tower

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Watercolor of the Terezin tower created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Colored pencil drawing of a water pump in the Terezin courtyard

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Drawing of a water pump in the Terezin courtyard created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Pencil drawing of stone walls at Theresienstadt

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Drawing created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Drawing of a bridge crossing over a shaded road

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Drawing of a bridge over a road drawn by Anna Kampusova while imprisoned at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943-1944 in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Handcolored copy of a drawing depicting a vaulted room with rows of beds

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Copy of a drawing depicting people walking along a street

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Copy of a drawing depicting a picture on a pedestal

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Copy of a drawing depicting people working around graves in churchyard

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Photocopy of a drawing depicting men in a workshop

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Light orange and white paper folded to contain photographs

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Light orange and white paper folded to contain photograph

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Photograph of a lithograph depicting figures, printing presses, and stacks of paper

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Photograph of a lithograph depicting an aisle between two rows of beds and a window

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Photograph of a lithograph depicting people walking in street toward arched building entrance

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Photograph of a lithograph depicting a pitcher on a pedestal

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Photograph of a lithograph depicting figures tending plant beds near buildings

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Copy of a drawing depicting a building with an arched doorway

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Copy of a drawing depicting people lined up on a street

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Copy of a drawing depicting a large stove

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Copy of a drawing depicting a vaulted room with large vats

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Folder holding copyprints of drawings that mentions Otto Ungar

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Image depicting three figures standing on a platform pushing a lever

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Copy of a drawing depicting the crematorium interior

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Copy of a drawing depicting men working in a machine shop

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Copy of a drawing depicting two benches and a basin in a room

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Photocopy of a drawing depicting bunks and inmates in a barracks building

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Photocopy of a drawing a large watertower and barracks building

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Photocopy of "Geschichte Des Ghettos Theresienstadt 1941-1943"

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Folder of drawing reproductions

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Drawing depicting a building with trees

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Drawing created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Copy of a drawing depicting people working indoors with building materials

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Copy of a drawing depicting workers and sewing machines

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Copy of a drawing depicting a winter scene with railroad tracks

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Copy of a drawing depicting rooms, an audience, a stage, and a piano

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Photocopy of a drawing depicting people wearing heavy clothing standing in line

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Watercolor of purple flowers and green leaves

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Pencil drawing of a man with a rocking horse

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Collage of a people standing in a garden on a paper backing

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Paper backing for collage

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Pencil drawing of the backs of 4 people sitting on the ground

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Pencil drawing of 5 people sitting amongst tall gravestones

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Pencil drawing of 3 people in front of a gravestone

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Colored pencil drawing of a town amongst tall green trees

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Gray paper backing for 4 small drawings

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Pencil portait of a gardener

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Gray paper backing for facial portrait

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Pencil sketch of a couple sitting in a room on a paper backing

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Gray paper backing for pencil portrait

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Portrait of a woman drawn by another inmate when both were interned in Theresienstadt

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Drawing of Marie Kleinova created by Alfred Bergel when both were prisoners in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Alfred and his wife were deported from German annexed Vienna, to Theresienstadt in Otober 1942. Alfred was assigned to work in the drawing shop of the technical services department. When he was not doing official work, he created portraits of fellow prisoners and of daily life in the camp. On October 12, 1944, Alfred and his wife were deported Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center and murdered. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Marie was sent to Terezin from Prague in May 1942. She was still in the camp when Soviet forces arrived on May 9, 1945.

Pencil drawing of a woman at Terezin carrying luggage on a paper backing

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Drawing of a woman with a knapsack and luggage marked Au - I -813 drawn by an unknown artist at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Large land ownership map of the medieval town Brandys, Czech Republic

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Land ownership map of the towns of Brandy's nad Labem and Hradek,s, dus, irca 1620, possibly created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Topographical map of the medieval Czech town Brandys

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Topographical map of the medieval Czech town Brandys, possibly created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Drawing

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Drawing created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.

Mark Talisman papers

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Contains numerous samples of envelopes with German stamps, from Nazi-occupied Poland. Also includes numerous collector cards depicting athletes in the 1932 Olympics, and a series of cigarette cards depicting activities of German military during World War I.