Max Mittelmark painting
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 38.500 inches (97.79 cm) | Width: 49.750 inches (126.365 cm)
Archival History
The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Alon Harnoy, the grandson of Max Mittelmark.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alon Harnoy
Scope and Content
Painting: created in 1959, illustrating the experiences of Max Mittelmark, born in 1906 in Strojinetz, Bukovina [present day Ukraine] and deported to Transnistria where he was confined to the Bersad ghetto and experienced horrible livingg conditions which are described in his artwork. He and his wife Fanny survived, returned to Romania and eventually came to the United States in the late 1950s.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Genre
- Object
- Art