Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp

Identifier
irn2599
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.125.11
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 30.625 inches (77.788 cm)

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ella Iranyi was born on April 5, 1888, in Vienna, Austria. She trained as an artist at the Viennese Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen, one of the first art schools for women. She became a member of the Wiener Werkstatte. She had a successful career as an illustrator and graphic artist. In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Policies to persecute the Jewish popuaiton were soon in place. Iranyi was Jewish and was deported from Vienna, Austria, to Izbica, Poland, ca. 1939, where she perished, age 54, on April 9, 1942.

Archival History

The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Dora Amann, sister of Ella Iranyi.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora Amann

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Image of skeleton reaching for child as mass of people try to push him away.

People

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.