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  1. At The Barbed Wire Drawing of a couple sharing bread through barbed wire in Gurs drawn by a German inmate

    1. Gert Wollheim collection

    Man in peasant dress giving bread to a woman with 2 small children through a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and southern France, where Gurs w...

  2. Silver and plastic teething ring rattle used by an infant who was placed in hiding by his family

    1. Alfred Munzer collection

    Silver and bakelite teething ring and rattle given to Alfred Munzer for his Bris Mila by his paternal uncle Emil Muenzer in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 1, 1941. The Netherlands had been occupied by Nazi Germany in May 1940. Alfred's father Simcha was ordered to report for labor service in May 1942. He managed to get himself committed to a psychiatric hospital to avoid deportation. His wife, Gisele, placed their two daughters, Eva, 6, and Liane, 3, in hiding with a Catholic family, the Jansens. In September 1942, nine month old Alfred was placed into hiding with Annie Madna, who live...

  3. Esther Lurie watercolor of the barbed wire fence, Kovno Ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Watercolor of Kovno Ghetto created by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1941 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts a barbed wire fence along a long road, where a man and woman stand talking near a gate. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latv...

  4. Esther Lurie sketch of the barbed wire fence and a gate in Kovno Ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Sketch of the Kovno Ghetto drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1942 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts a barbed wire fence along a long road, where a man and woman stand talking near a gate. See 1996.3.8 for w watercolor of the same scene. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a pro...

  5. Self portrait caricature by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Self portrait caricature in pastel created by 25 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1945. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the 8th British Army in the Italian campaign in 1944. The Corps participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino from January -May 1944 and led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory, the fourth battle by Allied forces since January to break through German defenses. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arr...

  6. Drawing of a donkey with pack and guide in the mountains created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Black ink drawing of a donkey with a bundle of cotton and its driver created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaumn in Italy around 1944 for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!." It is based upon his experiences in Kyrgyzstan around February 1942. He arrived there shortly after his release from a Soviet labor camp and his voluntary enlistment in the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by...

  7. Ink portrait of a grimfaced German pilot by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Ink portrait of a German pilot with helmet and goggles created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!" in 1944 while in Italy. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino, during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939. He went to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edwa...

  8. Ink drawing of mountain cliffs in Italy by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Ink illustration of steep mountain cliffs in Italy created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!" circa 1944. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy from January - May 1944, during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 19...

  9. Autobiographical drawing of a forced laborer at a hydroelectric plant by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Illustration drawn by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944 of a memorable encounter he had when he was an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp in 1941. The drawing depicts the hydroelectric plant in Szeksna (now Rybinsk, Russia) where Edward worked on a boat pump. He often went to the pier to swim. This day, August 27, 1941, he watched unseen as a young female laborer washed herself, then cried briefly, before noticing and reacting to his presence. See 2012.471.74 and.75 for other versions. It was drawn in 1943-1944 when his unit, the 2nd Polish Corps, was training with the British ...

  10. Autobiographical drawing of a forced laborer at a hydroelectric plant by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Illustration created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944 of a memorable encounter he had when he was an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp in 1941. The drawing depicts the hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Szeksna (now Rybinsk, Russia) where Edward worked on a boat pump. He often went to the pier to swim. This day, August 27, 1941, he watched unseen as a young female laborer washed herself, then cried briefly, before noticing and reacting to his presence. See 2012.471.74 and.76 for other versions. It was drawn in 1943-1944 when his unit, the 2nd Polish Corps, was training w...

  11. Autobiographical drawing of a forced laborer at a hydroelectric plant by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Illustration created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944 of a memorable encounter he had when he was an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp in 1941. The drawing depicts the hydroelectric plant in Szeksna (now Rybinsk, Russia) where Edward worked on a boat pump. He often went to the pier to swim. This day, August 27, 1941, he watched unseen as a young female laborer washed herself, then cried briefly, before noticing and reacting to his presence. See 2012.471.75 and.76 for other versions. It was drawn in 1943-1944 when his unit, the 2nd Polish Corps, was training with the Britis...

  12. Watercolor of purple and white mountains under a blue sky by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor study of snow capped mountains created by 21 year old Edward Herzbaum in June 1942 in Blagoveshchenskoye, Soviet Union, (now Blagoveshenka (Kyrgyzstan]. Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was relea...

  13. Illustration of a mortar explosion as soldiers hit the beach by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Ink illustration of a mortar shell exploding in the water with soldiers lying on the beach created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!" circa 1944. It was based on the Allied offensive in Portella, Italy, on May 23, 1944. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the cou...

  14. View of Monte Cassino abbey through camouflage netting by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor study of the ruins of Monte Cassino abbey viewed through camouflage netting painted by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum on May 31, 1944. Edward was a soldier in the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, which was honored for their bravery during the four month long 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. The Allies bombed the 1349 abbey in February and the resulting ruins provided protected defensive positions for German troops. The 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory, the fourth battle waged by Allied forces to break through the German stronghold blocking the wa...

  15. Self portrait caricature of a soldier sketching by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Self portrait cartoon in ink of a young soldier sketching created by 25 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy circa 1945, after the war. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy from January - May 1944, during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested b...

  16. Watercolor of Monte Cassino abbey ruins by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor of Monte Cassino abbey ruins created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum on May 31, 1944. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps, who participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy from January - May 1944. The Allies bombed the 1349 abbey in February and the resulting ruins provided protected defensive positions for German troops. The 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory, the fourth battle by Allied forces since January to break through German defenses. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the countr...

  17. Ink drawing of soldiers on a camouflaged tank by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Silhouette style ink drawing of soldiers around the gun turret of a tank advancing through Bologna, Italy, created by 25 year old Edward Herzbaum for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!" after the April 1945 battle in Bologna, Italy. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy from January -May 1944, during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupi...

  18. Drawing of the Warsaw Mermaid, emblem of Warsaw, and of the 2nd Polish Corps by a Jewish soldier

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Ink drawing of the Warsaw Mermaid, Syrenka, the coat of arms of Warsaw, also used by the 2nd Polish Corps, drawn by Edward Herzbaum. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polis...

  19. Watercolor of snowy mountains created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor study of snow capped mountains created by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in late May 1942 in Dzhalalabad, Soviet Union, (now Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan)]. Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward, age 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was releas...

  20. Drawing of a 3 donkeys with packs in the mountains created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Black ink drawing of three donkeys carrying bundles of cotton created by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum depicting a February 1942 scene from Kyrgyzstan and created in Italy in 1944 for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!." He arrived in Kyrgyzstan shortly after his release from a Soviet labor camp and his voluntary enlistment in the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by So...