Halina Olomucki collection

Identifier: irn41976
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was acquired from and donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Halina Olomucki.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of eleven drawings created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) during and after the Holocaust as her eyewitness testimony of people and scenes she saw and experienced in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland and as a prisoner in Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbruck, and Neustadt-Glewe concentration camps.

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

Work in the Camps, Birkenau, 1943 Halina Olomucki drawing of concentration camp inmate carrying a rock
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1178
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Drawing of a female prisoner created in Birkenau concentration camp by Halina Olszewski, 24, (later Olomucki) where she was an inmate from July 1943-January 1945. It depicts an emaciated woman in a striped uniform carrying a rock. Concentration camp prisoners were often forced to carry heavy rocks back and forth for hours. After Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were interned in Warsaw Ghetto. Hannah did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled drawings ...
Warsaw Ghetto in the bunker, 1945 Halina Olomucki drawing of an anquished women holding an infant
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1179
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pencil drawing of a desperate woman with an infant in the Warsaw Ghetto created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in Warsaw just after the war. After Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were interned in Warsaw Ghetto. Hannah did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled drawings to a non-Jewish friend outside the ghetto. In May 1943, she and her mother were sent to Majdanek where her mother was killed on arrival. Halina was selected for labor. In July, s...
Fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, 1947 Halina Olomucki portrait of a resistance fighter
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1180
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 12.875 inches (32.703 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Drawing created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in Warsaw after the war. After Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were interned in Warsaw Ghetto. Hannah did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled drawings to a non-Jewish friend outside the ghetto. In May 1943, she and her mother were sent to Majdanek where her mother was killed on arrival. Halina was selected for labor. In July, she was transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau. After she was put on an art...
Warsaw Ghetto behind the bars, Poland 1947 Halina Olomucki drawing of a tormented woman behind bars
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1181
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Drawing created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in Warsaw after the war. After Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were interned in Warsaw Ghetto. Hannah did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled drawings to a non-Jewish friend outside the ghetto. In May 1943, she and her mother were sent to Majdanek where her mother was killed on arrival. Halina was selected for labor. In July, she was transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau. After she was put on an art...
The Last Road for Korczak and the Children During Deportation, Warsaw Ghetto, 1943 Halina Olomucki drawing of man and children taken by armed guards
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1182
- English
- overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) pictorial area: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Drawing depicting Janusz Korczak and children being taken from Warsaw Ghetto created by Halina Olszewski, 24, (later Olomucki) in the ghetto in 1943. Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and established the ghetto in October 1940. Dr. Korczak ran a Jewish orphanage in the ghetto. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportations to Treblinka killing center. Korczak was offered a chance to escape, but refused to abandon the children. On August 6, Korczak led his staff and about 200 children in an orderly walk to the deportation train. Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings w...
The Star Seller, Warsaw Ghetto, 1941 Halina Olomucki sketch of a boy selling Star of David armbands
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1183
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pencil drawing of a sick, emaciated boy selling Star of David armbands created by Halina Olszewski, 24, (later Olomucki) while interned in Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and, in fall 1940, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were relocated to the ghetto. Halina did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled many drawings to a non-Jewish friend outside the ghetto. In May 1943, she and her mother were deported to Majdanek where her mother was killed on arrival. In Jul...
The Warsaw Ghetto: The Old and the Young Must Die, Poland, 1947 Halina Olomucki drawing of adults embracing children afraid of being killed
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1184
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pencil drawing of several ghostly and anguished children and adults created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) after the war. It expresses her memories of selections in Warsaw Ghetto, where children and the elderly who were not able to work, were the first to be chosen for deportation to killing centers. Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and, in fall 1940, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were relocated to the ghetto. Halina did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled many drawings t...
Warsaw Ghetto: Hideout During the Raffle, Birkenau, 1944 Halina Olomucki drawing of a woman and child hiding during round-up
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1185
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Charcoal drawing of a woman and child behind a fence created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in 1944 when she was a prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. It depicts a scene from her experiences in Warsaw Ghetto from 1940-1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and, in fall 1940, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were relocated to the ghetto. Halina did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled many drawings to a non-Jewish friend outside the ghetto. In May 1943, she and ...
The Beard was Shaved, Germany, 1945 Halina Olomucki sketch of Jewish men whose beards were publicly shaved
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1186
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Drawing of Jewish men whose beards have been shaved off created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in 1945, just after the war. It depicts a scene she witnessed while interned in Warsaw Ghetto from October 1940-May 1943. The full beards worn by traditional Orthodox Jewish males as a sign of piety were a convenient target for occupying German troops who would shave off the beards in public, using abusive and humiliating methods. Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and, in fall 1940, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were relocated to the ghetto. Halina did force...
The camp of litters in the block, Germany 1945 Halina Olomucki drawing of emaciated women prisoners crowded in a barrack
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1187
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 15.875 inches (40.323 cm) | Width: 13.625 inches (34.608 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Colored drawing of a bunk crowded with ill and despairing women created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in Warsaw in 1945, just after the war. It is based upon her experiences as an inmate of the notorious Block 10 in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from July 1943 to January 1945. Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and, in fall 1940, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were relocated to the ghetto. Halina did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled many drawings to a non-Jewish ...
The Partisans Begin An Action, Poland, 1947 Halina Olomucki drawing of partisans beginning an action
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1188
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) pictorial area: Height: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Color drawing of abstract figures crouched behind a wall created by Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) after the war in 1947 expressing her feelings about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in January-April 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, and, in fall 1940, Halina, her mother Margarit-Hadassa, and siblings were relocated to the ghetto. Halina did forced labor, but she felt her real job was to record the misery and suffering of ghetto residents. Halina smuggled many drawings to a non-Jewish friend outside the ghetto. In May 1943, she and her mother were deported to Majdanek wher...