Halina Olomucki collection

Identifier

irn39012

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2001.122

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39012

Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.

Accession number: 2001.122

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 147 drawings, 47 oil paintings, and 135 mixed material pieces of artwork created by Halina Olomucki based upon her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland and as a prisoner and death march survivor of Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbruck, and Neustadt concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Note(s)

Record type: Collection

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Autobiographical drawing by Halina Olomucki of people waiting in line in the Warsaw ghetto
- The Wait (Ghetto)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509022
- English
- 1942
- overall : 16.000 x 7.625 in. (40.64 x 19.368 cm.) Rectangular form with irregular edges; vertical format; black and white image with brown colored pencil details of figures standing in a line; adhered to cardboard mount. Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Pencil sketch created by 23 year old Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Following Germany's invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, Halina and her family were relocated to the ghetto. In May 1943, Halina and her mother, Margalit-Hadassa, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, where her mother was killed upon arrival. In July, Halina was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During all this time, she continued to create drawings. The camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to Ravensbrück. Halina was then sent to Neustadt-Glewe, where she was liberated...
Autobiographical drawing by Halina Olomucki of two women in the Warsaw ghetto
- Two Women (Ghetto)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509023
- English
- 1942
- overall : 5.750 x 4.000 in. (14.605 x 10.16 cm.) Rectangular form with irregular edges; vertical format; black and white image with brown colored pencil details of figures standing in a line; adhered to cardboard mount. Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Pencil sketch created by 23 year old Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Following Germany's invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, Halina and her family were relocated to the ghetto. In May 1943, Halina and her mother, Margalit-Hadassa, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, where her mother was killed upon arrival. In July, Halina was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During all this time, she continued to create drawings. The camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to Ravensbrück. Halina was then sent to Neustadt-Glewe, where she was liberated...
Autobiographical sketch by Halina Olomucki of naked children gathered around an empty basin
- Hunger
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509024
- English
- 1942
- overall : 8.250 x 11.560 in. (20.955 x 29.362 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Crude pencil sketch created by 23 year old Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Following Germany's invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, Halina and her family were relocated to the ghetto. In May 1943, Halina and her mother, Margalit-Hadassa, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, where her mother was killed upon arrival. In July, Halina was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During all this time, she continued to create drawings. The camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to Ravensbrück. Halina was then sent to Neustadt-Glewe, where she was lib...
Halina Olomucki drawing
- The hut in the skull
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509025
- English
- 1945
- overall : 8.750 x 6.120 in. (22.225 x 15.545 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of man staring out window of building that is in form of human skull
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Infirmary ("Revier")
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509026
- English
- 1945
- overall : 8.560 x 6.120 in. (21.742 x 15.545 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; interior scene, black and white image of figures lying in bunk beds and woman standing in middle of room with her hands in pockets of apron
Halina Olomucki drawing
- The Selection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509027
- English
- 1945
- overall : 8.060 x 6.170 in. (20.472 x 15.672 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white exterior scene; in foreground, image of soldier standing with back to viewer while unclothed man stands in front of him; in background, image of group of unclothed figures and smoke stack
Halina Olomucki drawing
- On the"Koja"
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509028
- English
- 1945
- overall : 9.500 x 6.060 in. (24.13 x 15.392 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; interior scene, black and white image of group of figures sitting and lying on upper and lower wooden bunks
Halina Olomucki drawing
- In front of the mirror
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509029
- English
- 1945
- overall : 13.500 x 10.250 in. (34.29 x 26.035 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form with irregular edges; vertical format; interior scene, black and white graphite image with black colored pencil details of figure standing in front of mirror with arms at side; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- First night in bed
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509030
- English
- 1945
- overall : 10.690 x 13.440 in. (27.153 x 34.138 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form with irregular edges; horizontal format; interior scene, black and white graphite image with brown colored pencil and chalk details of figure lying in bed; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- The bowl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509031
- English
- 1945
- overall : 15.880 x 9.060 in. (40.335 x 23.012 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form with irregular edges; vertical format; black and white image of figure holding bowl in hands near mouth; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Spring
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509033
- English
- 1946
- overall : 5.380 x 7.560 in. (13.665 x 19.202 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; horizontal format; exterior scene, black and white image of children dancing and holding hands among flowers with sun shining; adhered to painted cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Birkenau
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509034
- English
- 1947
- overall : 6.440 x 9.500 in. (16.358 x 24.13 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; horizontal format; exterior scene, black and white image of building with central tower and arch entryway, railroad tracks at entrance; adherred to paper mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Woman in the camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509035
- English
- 1947
- overall : 6.250 x 5.000 in. (15.875 x 12.7 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of portrait of woman wearing scarf on head; adhered to construction paper mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Yellow star peddler
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509036
- English
- 1947
- overall : 7.500 x 2.940 in. (19.05 x 7.468 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of man wearing tattered clothes and cap with box containing Star of David armbands around his shoulder; adhered to construction paper mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Two women hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509037
- English
- 1943
- overall : 8.620 x 6.000 in. (21.895 x 15.24 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Image of two women sitting; mounted on cardboard
Halina Olomucki drawing
- The woman and the agony
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509038
- English
- 1947
- overall : 6.060 x 9.750 in. (15.392 x 24.765 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; horizontal image; recto, black and white graphite image with black colored pencil details of figure on hands and knees while another figure stands off to side; verso, black and white colored pencil abstract image
Halina Olomucki drawing
- The partisans
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509039
- English
- 1947
- overall : 10.750 x 7.250 in. (27.305 x 18.415 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of group of figures standing among trees; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- In the"Bunker"
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509040
- English
- 1947
- overall : 7.060 x 6.000 in. (17.932 x 15.24 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Square form; vertical format; black and white graphite image with black colored pencil details of woman seated in center of group of figures with baby lying in her arms; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Sitting woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509041
- English
- 1948
- overall : 13.620 x 9.560 in. (34.595 x 24.282 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of woman seated in chair with shoulders bent and hands folded; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- Two sisters
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509042
- English
- 1950
- overall : 8.380 x 5.310 in. (21.285 x 13.487 cm.) Pencil drawing (lcsh)
- Updated 4 years ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white graphite image with gray chalk details of two figures standing near one another; adhered to painted cardboard mount