Henryk Hechtkopf collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn607413
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Ink portrait drawing of a man created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. 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.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn607414
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Ink portrait drawing of a child created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. 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.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn607935
• English
• folder oversize folder 1 1
• Updated 12 months ago

Contains an invitation sent to Henryk Hechtkopf by the Provisional Jewish Committee in Łódź, asking him to attend a meeting regarding opening a Jewish cooperative; an issue of the April 19, 1948 "Nasze Slowo" newspaper published by the "Poalei-Zion" party on the occassion of the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, including a drawing by Henryk Hechtkopf depicting the fighters and the victims.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn609629
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

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.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn609630
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Pencil portrait of a girl created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. 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.