Arthur Szyk collection

Identifier: irn60920
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1987 by F. Peter Rose.

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The collection consists of an anti-Fascist political cartoon created by Arthur Szyk in London in 1939.

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To the Slaughter Arthur Szyk caricature of Himmler holding a list of planned executions
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521167
- English
- 1939
- h: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 15.875 inches (40.323 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brightly colored portrait of Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi SS, drawn by Arthur Szyk when he was living as a refugee in London in 1939. Himmler holds a list naming the Poles and Jews to be executed. Germany invaded and occupied Poland in September 1939. On September 7, Himmler created the Reich Security Main Office which would coordinate the annihilation of European Jews. Szyk often made clear in his work how practical and deliberate the Nazis were in planning their killing operations. Szyk, a Jewish emigre artist, originally from Łódź, Poland, left London for the United States in 1940....

Arthur Szyk collection

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To the Slaughter Arthur Szyk caricature of Himmler holding a list of planned executions