Sketch of female concentration camp inmates bathing
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
Archival History
The sketch was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Scope and Content
Sketch drawn by a friend of Martha Salm in 1941 while imprisoned in a concentration camp. The group of drawings depict aspects of daily camp life, such as bathing, doing chores, fantasies about food, sleeping quarters and kitchen, and dreaming of freedom beyond the barbed-wire fence.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Sketch of five women bathing.
Genre
- Object
- Art