George L. Salton collection

Identifier: irn61509
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61509

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by George L. Salton.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three drawings created by George Salton in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.

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Watercolor created in a DP camp of an execution at a mass grave
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn365
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 32.500 inches (82.55 cm) | Width: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) pictorial area: Height: 26.500 inches (67.31 cm) | Width: 22.375 inches (56.833 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Watercolor painting of an execution at a mass open grave created by Lucjan Saltzman, later George Salton, at a displaced persons camp in 1946 in Neustadt, Germany. In 1941-42, twenty-three year old Lucjan was transferred from the Rzeszow ghetto in Poland to the concentration camp there. He was later deported to a number of concentration and labor camps, including Płaszów and Wieliczka in Poland, Colmar and Urbis, subcamps of Natzweiler in France, Watenstedt, a subcamp of Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme in Germany. After liberation, he spent two years in variou...
Autobiographical sketch created in a DP camp of a Ghetto evacuation
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521281
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 14.375 inches (36.513 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Drawing depicting the evacuation of a ghetto created by Lucjan Saltzman, later George Salton, at a displaced persons camp in 1946 in Neustadt, Germany. In 1941-42, twenty-three year old Lucjan was transferred from the Rzeszow ghetto in Poland to the concentration camp there. He was later deported to a number of concentration and labor camps, including Płaszów and Wieliczka in Poland, Colmar and Urbis, subcamps of Natzweiler in France, Watenstedt, a subcamp of Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme in Germany. After liberation, he spent two years in various displaced ...
Autobiographical sketch created in a DP camp of an execution at a mass grave
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521282
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 20.375 inches (51.753 cm) | Width: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) pictorial area: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small study depicting an execution at a mass open grave created by Lucjan Saltzman, later George Salton, at a displaced persons camp in 1946 in Neustadt, Germany. It was a study for a watercolor painting, 1988.14.3. In 1941-42, twenty-three year old Lucjan was transferred from the Rzeszow ghetto in Poland to the concentration camp there. He was later deported to a number of concentration and labor camps, including Płaszów and Wieliczka in Poland, Colmar and Urbis, subcamps of Natzweiler in France, Watenstedt, a subcamp of Neuengamme, Ravensbrück, and Wobbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme in Ger...

George L. Salton collection

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Watercolor created in a DP camp of an execution at a mass grave

Autobiographical sketch created in a DP camp of a Ghetto evacuation

Autobiographical sketch created in a DP camp of an execution at a mass grave