Dr. Francis W. Roscoe collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn34241
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 30.250 inches (76.835 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm) | Depth: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) pictorial area: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Portrait painted by Josef Nassy as a gift for Dr. Francis W. Roscoe when both men were prisoners of war in Laufen internment camp in Germany. Nassy painted two portraits of Dr. Roscoe, this one in civilian clothes, and 2006.491.2 in doctor's smock, in appreciation for his efforts in improving health conditions in the camps. Dr. Roscoe was a senior medical officer and inspector for the International Red Cross for Allied prison camps in Germany. In 1943, he condemned conditions at a Jewish concentration camp, Tittmoning, and was arrested on the scene by Heinrich Himmler and sent to Laufen. Th...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn34244
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 28.750 inches (73.025 cm) | Width: 24.500 inches (62.23 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) pictorial area: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Portrait painted by Josef Nassy as a gift for Dr. Francis W. Roscoe when both men were prisoners of war in Laufen internment camp in Germany. Nassy painted two portraits of Dr. Roscoe, this one in his doctor's smock, and 2006.491.1 in civilian clothes, in appreciation for his efforts in improving health conditions in the camps. Dr. Roscoe was a senior medical officer and inspector for the International Red Cross for Allied prison camps in Germany. In 1943, he condemned conditions at a Jewish concentration camp, Tittmoning, and was arrested on the scene by Heinrich Himmler and sent to Laufen...