Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Drawing, in charcoal, created during Majdanek death camp war crimes trial. Created by Gabriel Sedlis, December 1944, Majdanek, Poland. Hermann Vogel was a guard in the camp. He was publicly executed December 3, 1944, near the Majdanek crematorium.
- Date
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creation:
1944 December 03
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gabriel Sedlis
- Signature
- "GS 44" in charcoal, lower right corner
- Contributor
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Artist:
Gabriel Sedlis
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Courtroom art (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- image of man, head "portrait", side profile
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.640 inches (32.106 cm) | Width: 9.490 inches (24.105 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, graphite, charcoal
- Inscription
- "Herman Vogel SS Rottenfuehrer" [corporal] in graphite, lower edge
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 the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Gabriel Sedlis.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:45
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn9736
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