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Red chalk drawing of a small house amongst trees

Object | Accession Number: 1989.2.96

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    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.
    Artwork Title
    Ubikace vedouciho ovcina, Theresienstadt
    Alternate Title
    Sheepfold Headquarters, Theresienstadt
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1942-1945
    undated: 
    Geography
    creation: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
    depiction: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Talisman
    Contributor
    Artist: Karl Krause

    Physical Details

    Language
    Czech
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Physical Description
    Drawing in red chalk on paper with a perforated top edge depicting a 1 story building with a chimney and fence on the left and tall trees on the right. In front of the building is a fence with short fence posts. The drawing is in a windowpane mat with a piece of paper on the back.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm)
    pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, chalk, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    mat, back, on paper, black ink : ovčin/rudka/23 ubikace vedoucího ovčína, K. Krause [sheepfold, vermilion, Sheepfold Headquarters, by K. Krause]
    mat, back, top left corner, colored pencil : 12
    mat, back, top, cursive, pencil : U ovčína (ubikace vedoucího ovčína, krásného mladého človĕka, Karla Krause, který zůstal take v Osvěčímí / jako milioný jiných.) Near the sheepfold (Sheepfold headquarters, a handsome young man, Karl Krause, also remained at Osvecimi, like millions of others.)

    Rights & Restrictions

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    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Mark Talisman.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2024-12-02 09:04:48
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