Album
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm) | Width: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
Creator(s)
- Alfred Kantor ()
Archival History
The album was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Trude Rabl, the wife of Julius Rabl.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Trude Rabl
Scope and Content
The album was created by Alfred Kantor in the Schwarzheide labor camp. He gave it to Julius Rabl [donor's husband] who hid it under the floorboards in the barracks of the camp. Julius Rabl carried the album with him on a death march.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular form; blue and white striped fabric cardboard cover; 22 interior pages of black construction paper; ink and graphite sketches of life at Schwarzheide labor camp adhered to recto and handwritten text adhered to verso of each interior page.
People
- Kantor, Alfred, 1923-
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Prisoners--Germany--Schwarzheide--1940-1950.
- Concentration camps--Germany--Schwarzheide.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
Genre
- Art
- Object