Pinchas Shaar collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517683
• English
• box 1
• Updated 8 months 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.

• 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 8 months 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 ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517686
• English
• 1941
• overall: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm)
• Updated 8 months 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 ...