Nelly Toll collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13634
• English
• overall: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Colorful gouache of a young boy and girl on their way to school painted by Nelly Landau, 10, when she and her mother Rozia lived in hiding in German occupied Lwow, Poland, (now L'viv, Ukraine) from June 1943-July 1944. While in hiding, Nelly often watched the local children going to Catholic school. She was careful to hide behind the curtain, so she was not seen. Nelly dreamed of one day having friends and going to school. For thirteen months, Nelly and her mother had to stay in a small, locked hiding space. Her mother arranged for a neighbor to get Nelly a watercolor set and encouraged Nel...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13635
• English
• overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Colorful gouache of a girl giving her young brother a bath created by Nelly Landau, 10, when she and her mother Rozia lived in hiding in German occupied Lwow, Poland, (now L'viv, Ukraine) from June 1943-July 1944. For thirteen months, Nelly and her mother had to stay in a small, locked hiding space. Her mother arranged for a neighbor to get Nelly a watercolor set and encouraged Nelly to paint and write. Nelly painted 64 paintings in hiding, all colorful pictures of happy people in imaginary scenes. Lwow was occupied by Germany on June 30, 1941, and thousands of Jews were murdered by German ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13636
• English
• overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Colorful gouache of a teacher walking with young girls in black uniforms created by Nelly Landau, 10, when she and her mother Rozia lived in hiding in German occupied Lwow, Poland, (now L'viv, Ukraine) from June 1943-July 1944. This painting depicts the local Catholic schoolgirls that Nelly often watched from her window, hiding behind the curtain, so she was not seen. Nelly dreamed of one day having friends and going to school. For thirteen months, Nelly and her mother had to stay in a small, locked hiding space. Her mother arranged for a neighbor to get Nelly a watercolor set and encourage...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13637
• English
• overall: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Watercolor of a family seated at a large dinner table created by Nelly Landau, 10, when she and her mother Rozia lived in hiding in German occupied Lwow, Poland, (now L'viv, Ukraine) from June 1943-July 1944. It is part of a series of paintings about a peasant family based on Nelly's memories of the farm where she stayed briefly in 1941. Nelly was afraid of the peasants and found them unpleasant, but chose to depict them as a happy, peaceful family. For thirteen months, Nelly and her mother had to stay in a small, locked hiding space. Her mother arranged for a neighbor to get Nelly a waterc...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13638
• English
• overall: Height: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Width: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Watercolorof a peasant girl with blond pigtails with her cow painted by Nelly Landau, 10, when she and her mother Rozia lived in hiding in German occupied Lwow, Poland, (now L'viv, Ukraine) from June 1943-July 1944. It is part of a series of paintings about a peasant family based on Nelly's memories of the farm where she stayed briefly in 1941. Nelly was afraid of the peasants and found them unpleasant, but chose to depict them as a happy, peaceful family. For thirteen months, Nelly and her mother had to stay in a small, locked hiding space. Her mother arranged for a neighbor to get Nelly a...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13639
• English
• overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Watercolor of a red house in a forest created by Nelly Landau, 10, when she and her mother Rozia lived in hiding in German occupied Lwow, Poland, (now L'viv, Ukraine) from June 1943-July 1944. Nellie enjoyed reading Russian stories and this red house is based upon a Tolstoy story. She and her mother would talk about how things woud be different one day, and her mother promised her that they then would have a beautiful red house like this. For thirteen months, Nelly and her mother had to stay in a small, locked hiding space. Her mother arranged for a neighbor to get Nelly a watercolor set an...