Watercolor and pencil drawing drawing by Ervin Abadi, depicting British (?) liberators arriving in a tank.
Overview
- Caption
- Watercolor and pencil drawing drawing by Ervin Abadi, depicting British (?) liberators arriving in a tank.
- Date
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Circa 1945
- Locale
- Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Bozoki
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: George BozokiSource Record ID: Collections: 1992.193
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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ART OF THE HOLOCAUST -- Artists A
Administrative Notes
- Artifact Photographer
- Edward Owen, USHMM Artifact Photographer
- Biography
- Ervin Abadi, a Hungarian Jew from Budapest, was an aspiring young artist when WWII began. He was drafted into the Hungarian labor service in the early 1940s. Abadi managed to escape, but was recaptured and immediately deported to Bergen-Belsen. When the camp was liberated, his condition was such that he required extended hospitalization. During his convalescence, he created dozens of works of holocaust art, including ink drawings, pencil and ink sketches and watercolors.
After recuperating Abadi returned to Budapest, where he published a collection of his watercolors in 1946. After becoming disillusioned with the communist regime in Hungary, he moved to Israel, where he continued to publish in Hungarian and Hebrew. He died in Israel in 1980.
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- 2007-06-19 00:00:00
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