Hannah Messinger collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43419
• English
• 1941-1945
• overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm) pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts a gaunt figure standing behind a kneeling woman and 3 children. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. In mid-1942, Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to Sackisch and then ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43422
• English
• 1941-1945
• pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts a seated old woman flanked by a woman and girl. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to Sackisch and then Merzdorf forced labor camps. On Ma...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43423
• English
• 1941-1945
• pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts an old woman gesturing with upraised arms. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to Sackisch and then Merzdorf forced labor camps. On May 8, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43425
• English
• 1941-1945
• pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts a cloaked woman slumped against a wall with a horribly thin child in her lap. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to Sackisch and then Merz...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43426
• English
• 1941-1945
• pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts a woman with two emaciated children: one resting on her shoulder and a young girl reaching for her. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43427
• English
• 1941-1945
• pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts a seated woman clasping two skeletal children. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to Sackisch and then Merzdorf forced labor camps. On May...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43428
• English
• 1941-1945
• pictorial area: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) overall: Height: 30.875 inches (78.423 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of a series of pencil drawings created around 1970 by Hannah Messinger based upon her experiences as an inmate in several concentration and labor camps from 1941-1945. It depicts an exhausted woman with her face collapsed in her hands. In December 1941, Hannah, her husband Karel Kohorn, and her family were deported from German-occupied Prague to Theresienstadt labor camp. Hannah had an abortion to avoid deportation to Poland. In September 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. That January, Hannah was transferred to Sackisch and then Merzdorf forced labor cam...