Leo Haas collection

Identifier: irn520001
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of eleven artworks created by Leo Haas, some created during World War II when he was imprisoned in several concentration camps, and some after the war when he was a satirical cartoonist in Berlin, East Germany.

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

Deterrence, Mauthausen, 1945 Leo Haas drawing of concentration camp inmates witnessing a hanging
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521640
- English
- overall: Height: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink and wash drawing by Leo Haas of Mauthausen concentration camp inmates being marched past a hanging. Haas, a Czech Jewish artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in German occupied Poland, returned in April 1940, and assigned to forced labor. In August 1942, he was arrested for smuggling and, with his family, sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp. He and a few other artists secretly documented the horrendous conditions of camp life. In summer 1944, they were accused of smuggling their 'gruesom...
Leo Haas sketch of SS labor camp guard Schrader
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521641
- English
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink sketch of SS officer Schrader drawn by Leo Haas, while a prisoner in Nisko forced labor camp. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the wretched conditions of daily life in the camp. In summer of 1944, they were accused by the Gestapo of...
Leo Haas sketch of SS labor camp guard Wolters
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521642
- English
- overall: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink sketch of SS officer Wolters drawn by Leo Haas, while a prisoner in Nisko forced labor camp. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the wretched conditions of daily life in the camp. In summer of 1944, they were accused by the Gestapo of ...
Leo Haas sketch of SS labor camp guard Siemen
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521643
- English
- overall: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink sketch of SS officer Siemen drawn by Leo Haas, while a prisoner in Nisko forced labor camp. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a member of the Communist Party. He was deported to Nisko in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the wretched conditions of daily life in the camp. In summer of 1944, they were accused by the Gesta...
Leo Haas drawing of a blind witness identifying the guilty party at a trial
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521644
- English
- 1978
- overall: Height: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm) | Width: 18.750 inches (47.625 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Satiric drawing created by Leo Haas in 1978 with an image of an elderly blind man pointing out the guilty at a hearing. On the table near the judge is a paper marked HIAG, an aid association for former Waffen SS members, which promoted a sympathetic, revisionist history of their Nazi past. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto...
Very gutsy, dear Friend Leo Haas postwar cartoon of a wealthy man redirecting a man drawing Nazi graffitti
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521648
- English
- overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Postwar illustration created by Leo Haas of a businessman talking to a man drawing a swastika on a building in Berlin. It was captioned: "Very gutsy, dear friend, I agree with you completely--but why don't you paint on the building of our competitor." The 1978 drawing was published in Eulenspeigel, a satirical magazine in Berlin, East Germany, where Haas was the cartoon editor. Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to...
Leo Haas cartoon of a skeletal Nazi setting the word Lidice on fire
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521649
- English
- overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Illustration protesting the German destruction of Lidice created by Leo Haas. It depicts a skeletal Hitler in an SS uniform setting fire to the word Lidice on a map of Czechoslovakia. It may have been done after the war for Eulenspeigel, a satirical magazine in Berlin, East Germany, where Haas was the cartoon editor. In June 1942, in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, acting Protector of German annexed Czech territory, Nazi Germany shot the male residents of the town of Lidice, sent the women and children to concentration camps, and burned the village to the ground. Leo...
Leo Haas drawing of concentration camp inmates lined up for roll call
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521650
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink drawing created by Leo Haas depicting prisoner roll call at Mauthausen concentration camp where he was an inmate in spring 1945. For another version of this drawing see 2003.202.16. Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the condit...
Portrait of a fellow concentration camp inmate by Leo Haas
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521651
- English
- overall: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Portrait of Norbert Leonard drawn by Leo Haas. Both men were inmates of Mauthausen concentration camp and members of the currency counterfeiting commando run by the SS. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the conditions of daily...
Leo Haas drawing of Jewish forced laborers carrying lumber
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521652
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Portrait of four adult male forced laborers by Leo Haas, based upon scenes he witnessed as a German prisoner in several camps. This is likely a scene from Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp and each man is portrayed as a recognizable individual. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight kn...
Leo Haas watercolor of blind Jewish inmates walking outdoors
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521653
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Watercolor by Leo Haas of a group of blind inmates with Judenstern walking outdoors. It is based on scenes he witnessed in 1942 while an inmate of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp. Haas was an inmate of Terezin from September 1942-October 1944. Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of arti...