Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Drawing, in charcoal, created during Majdanek death camp war crimes trial. Edmund Pohlmann was a German criminal who functioned as Kapo in the camp. He was publicly executed December 3, 1944 near the Majdanek crematorium.
- Date
-
creation:
1944 December 03
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gabriel Sedlis
- Signature
- "GS 44" in charcoal, lower left corner
- Contributor
-
Artist:
Gabriel Sedlis
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Art
- Category
-
Drawings
- Object Type
-
Courtroom art (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- image of man, head "portrait", side profile
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.010 inches (30.505 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, graphite, charcoal, adhesive
- Inscription
- "Edmund Pohlman/Kapo" 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
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn9737
Also in Gabriel Sedlis collection
Portrait of Heinz Stalp created by Gabriel Sedlis during the Majdanek death camp war crimes trial
Object
Drawing, in charcoal, created during Majdanek death camp war crimes trial. Created by Gabriel Sedlis, December 1944, Majdanek, Poland. Heinz Stalp was a German criminal who functioned as Kapo in the camp. He was publicly executed December 3, 1944, near the Majdanek crematorium.
Portrait of Hermann Vogel created by Gabriel Sedlis during the Majdanek death camp war crimes trial
Object
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.
Portrait of Theodor Schoellen created by Gabriel Sedlis during the Majdanek death camp war crimes trial
Object
Drawing, in charcoal, created during Majdanek death camp war crimes trial. Theodor Schoellen was a guard in the camp. He was publicly executed December 3, 1944, near the Majdanek crematorium. Created by Gabriel Sedlis, December 1944, Majdanek, Poland.
Portrait created by Gabriel Sedlis during the Majdanek death camp war crimes trial
Object
Drawing, in charcoal, created during Majdanek death camp war crimes trial. Created by Gabriel Sedlis, December 1944, Majdanek, Poland.