David Friedman artwork and letter

Identifier
irn616374
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2019 by Lauren Elisa Morris, the granddaughter of David Friedman.

Scope and Content

Artwork by and letter from donor's grandfather, David Friedman. The collection includes three pages of preliminary sketches created in1963-1964 for drawings and etching plates (the etchings were produced in 1967), as well as a copy of a letter dated September 19, 1972. The original letter, which begins "Lieber Heinz" (Dear Heinz), was adhered to the back of an etching by David Friedman which was gifted to fellow Łódź Ghetto survivor Heinz Konig. Additionally, the collection includes two etchings dated 1967 titled "In Łódźer Ghetto, Some Found Food in Trash Containers."

Genre

  • Collection
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