Overview
- Series Title
- 2 in a series of 7
- Geography
-
creation:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin and Lorraine Beitler
- Contributor
-
Artist:
Mort Eckhaus
- Biography
-
Mort Eckhaus survived Buchenwald concentration camp. He created the drawing while in camp Buchenwald.
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Art
- Category
-
Drawings
- Object Type
-
Drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Image of Nazi soldier with German shepherd, carries gun and walks along fence surrounding concentration camp.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.760 inches (24.79 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, graphite, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Lorraine and Martin Beitler.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:26
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8670
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The collection consists of 7 drawings in a series drawn by Mort Eckhaus depicting Nazi brutality in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
