Drawing of a destroyed Warsaw street by a slave labor camp survivor
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm)
Creator(s)
- Henryk Hechtkopf (Artist)
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Rachel Postawski, the cousin of Henryk Hechtkopf.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Postawski
Scope and Content
Pencil drawing created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. It depicts the rubble strewn remains of Nalewski Street. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
View of Nalewski Street in ruins.
Subjects
- Warsaw (Poland)--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Soviet--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw--Personal narratives.
- Slave labor--Soviet Union--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Art
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