Drawing of a knight
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Charles Weingarten.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charles Albert Weingarten
Scope and Content
Artwork created by Charles Weingarten after the war. Charles Albert Weingarten is the son of Margarethe (Marguerite) Weingarten and Rudolph Gelb. He was born on Jan. 13, 1941, in Nice, France. In 1943 when the Germans invaded the area, Margarethe hid with Charles in the basement of a building in rue Verdi in Nice. In July 1943 Margarethe and Charles obtained false papers and moved to the grounds of a villa owned by the Matteudi family. They remained there through the end of World War II.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Genre
- Art
- Object