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• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn552737
• English
• overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Brooch with seven hanging charms depicting aspects of daily life as a prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor cam, such as a lice comb, a coin, a wooden clog, and a candle. Located thirty miles northwest of Prague in German occupied Czechoslovakia, the camp was established by the Germans in November 24, 1941, and ceased operation in early May 1945. In 3.5 years, approximately 140,000 Jewish persons were transferred to Terezin; nearly 90,000 were then deported, likely to their death, further east. About 33,000 died in Theresienstadt.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn552738
• English
• 1944
• pictorial area: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Ink and watercolor drawing created by Jo Spier while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. It shows people gathered around a wagon. Spier, a Jewish artist from the Netherlands, was arrested for creating a satirical cartoon of Hitler in 1943 and deported to Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia with his wife and three children. They returned to Amsterdam after May 9, 1945, when the camp was liberated by Soviet forces.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn552739
• English
• 1943
• pictorial area: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Ink and watercolor drawing created by Jo Spier while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. It depicts a couple leaning on a shield bearing the Czech coat of arms. Spier, a Jewish artist from the Netherlands, was arrested for creating a satirical cartoon of Hitler in 1943 and deported to Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia with his wife and three children. They returned to Amsterdam after May 9, 1945, when the camp was liberated by Soviet forces.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn552740
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Ink and watercolor drawing created by Jo Spier while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. It shows people walking along a city street, many disabled or crutches; others pull a wagons, one with a Star of David. Spier, a Jewish artist from the Netherlands, was arrested for creating a satirical cartoon of Hitler in 1943. He was deported to Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia with his wife and three children. They returned to Amsterdam after May 9, 1945, when the camp was liberated by Soviet forces.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn552741
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Ink and watercolor drawing created by Jo Spier while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. It depcits a street corner with a crowd of men and women, some are waving pieces of paper. Spier, a Jewish artist from the Netherlands, was arrested for creating a satirical cartoon of Hitler in 1943 and deported to Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia with his wife and three children. They returned to Amsterdam after May 9, 1945, when the camp was liberated by Soviet forces.