Pinchas Shaar collection

Identifier: irn517543
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517543

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Judith M. Shaar, the widow of Pinchas Shaar.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two drawings and photographs relating to the experiences of Pinchas Shaar and his family in the Łódź ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust and after the war in Germany, France, and Israel.

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Pinchas Shaar photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517683
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Pinchas Shaar photographs consist of black and white photographs of Pinchas Shaar and his family in the Łódź ghetto and after the war in Germany, France, and Israel; photographs of life in the Łódź ghetto by Mendel Grossman; and a printed image of a destroyed synagogue.
Stage design for the Łódź ghetto theater created by an inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517684
- English
- 1940-1941
- overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 20.125 inches (51.118 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 12.875 inches (32.703 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theater set design created by 18 year old Pinchas Szwarc (Shaar) during his imprisonment in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. He enjoyed the work, as "artistic activity and expression, as well as a means of maintaining the face of a "normal" humna benig." Shows were presented from 1940-1941. In February 1940, the Germans, who had occupied Poland in September 1939, established a ghetto for the Jews in Łódź, now named Litzmannstadt, and required the residents to perform forced labor. Pinchas, like other family members, first worked in a factory. When his artistic talents were discovered, he ...
Black crayon sketch of a men standing in line in the Łódź Ghetto created by a fellow inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517686
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Crayon drawing created by 18 year old Pinchas Szwarc (Shaar) of men standing in a long line based upon daily life in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. In February 1940, the Germans, who had occupied Poland in September 1939, established a ghetto for the Jews in Łódź, now named Litzmannstadt, and required the residents to perform forced labor. Pinchas, like other family members, first worked in a factory. When his artistic talents were discovered, he was employed producing signs and charts for the Statistical Office. In 1944, the Germans destroyed the ghetto and deported the inhabitants to ...

Pinchas Shaar collection

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Pinchas Shaar photographs

Stage design for the Łódź ghetto theater created by an inmate

Black crayon sketch of a men standing in line in the Łódź Ghetto created by a fellow inmate