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  1. Interrogation Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of a man threatened by the hands of unseen people

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521154
    • English
    • 1936
    • pictorial area: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) overall: Height: 21.250 inches (53.975 cm) | Width: 16.625 inches (42.228 cm)

    Intaglio print, Verhor, created by Lea Grundig in 1936 in Nazi Germany. This is number 23 from the series, Unterm Hakenkreuz. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two years in the Dresden Gestapo prison. In December 1939, Lea was released and left for P...

  2. Krieg Droht Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of a white draped figure running during an aerial attack

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521155
    • English
    • 1936
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 7.125 inches (18.097 cm) overall: Height: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm) | Width: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm)

    Intaglio print, Angst, created by Lea Grundig in 1936 in Nazi Germany. It is number 2 from the series, Krieg Droht. It features a woman covered in a white cloth, running in a dark landscape with large black birds and airplanes above. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason...

  3. Thus It Will Be 1 War Threatens Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of lifeless figures spread over the earth

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521156
    • English
    • 1936
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) overall: Height: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm)

    Intaglio print, So wird es sein I, created by Lea Grundig in 1936 in Nazi Germany. It is number 11 from the series, Krieg Droht. It depicts an apocalyptic landscape scattered with dead and dying human figures. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two ye...

  4. Buy Gas Masks! War Threatens Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of people caught in a gas attack

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521157
    • English
    • 1973
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) overall: Height: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm)

    Intaglio print, Kauft Gasmasken!, created by Lea Grundig in Nazi Germany in 1936. This is number 3 from the series, Krieg Droht. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two years in the Dresden Gestapo prison. In December 1939, Lea was released and left fo...

  5. War Threatens Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of dead bodies wrapped around tank tread

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521158
    • English
    • 1973
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm)

    Intaglio print, Der Tank, created by Lea Grundig in Nazi Germany in 1936. This is number 7 from the series, Krieg Droht (War Threatens). Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two years in the Dresden Gestapo prison. In December 1939, Lea was released and...

  6. Flight Begins Under the Swastika Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of people trapped and running in circles

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521159
    • English
    • 1934
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm)

    Intaglio print, Die flucht Beginnt, created by Lea Grundig in 1934 in Nazi Germany. It is from the series, Unterm Hakenkreuz. It depicts a huge crowd of figures running in panicked, chaotic circles. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two years in the ...

  7. Stuermer masks Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of a group of people hiding their faces

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521161
    • English
    • 1972
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm)

    Intaglio print, Stürmermaske, created by Lea Grundig in 1936 in Nazi Germany. It is number 4 from the series, Der Jüde ist schüld. The title refers to Der Stürmer, a pro--Nazi, virulently antisemitic newspaper published by Nazi Party member, Julius Streicher. Its slogan was "Die Juden sind unser unglucic" (The Jews are our misfortune). Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistanc...

  8. War Threatens Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of a frightened crowd watching storm clouds

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521163
    • English
    • 1936
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) overall: Height: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm)

    Intaglio print, Krieg Droht!, created by Lea Grundig in 1935 in Nazi Germany. It is number 1 from the series, Krieg droht. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two years in the Dresden Gestapo prison. In December 1939, Lea was released and left for Pale...

  9. Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of an isolated figure staring at a building

    1. Lea Grundig collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521165
    • English
    • 1973
    • pictorial area: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm)

    Intaglio print, Illegal, created by Lea Grundig in 1936 in Nazi Germany. This is from the series, Unterm Hakenkreuz. It depicts a forelorn figure in a barren cityscape. Lea Grundig and her husband, Hans, were dedicated Communists who created anti-Fascist works documenting and protesting conditions under Nazi rule in Dresden. Such works were prohibited under Hitler and the Nazi regime. Lea, 30, was arrested for her resistance art in 1936, but released. She continued working as an artist and was arrested in 1938 for high treason and sentenced to two years in the Dresden Gestapo prison. In Dec...

  10. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice

    1. Yehuda Nir collection

    Poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information as a response to the Nazi-led annihilation and destruction of communities throughout the Czech Republic, including Lidice. It protests the retaliatory measures taken for the assassination by Czech resistance members of Reinhard Heydrich, a close associate of Himmler and Hitler and major implementor of the Final Solution for the Jewish problem. On May 1942, when Heydrich was acting Reich Protector in the former Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, a hand grenade exploded under his car in Prague. Heydrich died on June 4 as a ...

  11. Ben Shahn poster with an image of men with their arms raised in surrender

    1. Yehuda Nir collection

    Poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information in 1942.

  12. Dora Pollak family correspondence

    The Dora Pollak family correspondence consists primarily of letters Dora and Richard Pollak received from family and friends in Czecholovakia, England, and Switzerland during and after the war. Wartime correspondence relates family news, documents efforts to emigrate from Czechoslovakia, describes preparations for deportation to Theresienstadt, and relays thanks for care packages delivered to Theresienstadt. Postwar correspondence summarizes wartime experiences and documents efforts to reclaim and manage family businesses and property lost during the war including the Joseph Taussig and Dan...

  13. Knud Dyby papers

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    The Knud Dyby papers consist of correspondence, personal narratives, photocopied records, photographs, printed materials, resistance materials, and subject files documenting the German occupation of Denmark and Knud Dyby’s involvement in resistance work including rescuing Danish Jews and transmitting information. Correspondence includes notes and translations documenting Knud Dyby’s resistance work during the war and include a letter from journalist Leif Hendil, a letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower about Brotherhood Week, and Dyby’s own letter advocating for the collection and display of visu...

  14. Picture Magazine Danish periodical circulating illustrated news about the liberation

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    An illustrated newspaper, Billed-Bladet, acquired by Knud Dyby while he was a member in several Danish underground resistance organizations during World War II. This was one of many publications that increased circulation due to increased demand for information as German authorities increased censorship in the final years of the war. In April 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Denmark, which prompted a growing demand for information about the war and the need for more newspapers. Many publications went underground for a time as part of a robust resistance and sabotage movement in the nation...

  15. News from the UK Underground Danish periodical circulating news from the United Kingdom

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    An underground newspaper, Nyheder fra Storbritanien, acquired by Knud Dyby while he was a member in several Danish underground resistance organizations during World War II. This was one of many underground publications that grew out of increased demand for information as German authorities increased censorship in the final years of the war. In April 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Denmark, which prompted a growing demand for information about the war and the need for newspapers. Many underground publications were created as part of a robust resistance and sabotage movement in the nation....

  16. Picture Magazine Danish periodical circulating illustrated news about the post-liberation period

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    An illustrated newspaper, Billed-Bladet, acquired by Knud Dyby while he was a member in several Danish underground resistance organizations during World War II. This was one of many publications that increased circulation due to increased demand for information as German authorities increased censorship in the final years of the war. In April 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Denmark, which prompted a growing demand for information about the war and the need for more newspapers. Many publications went underground for a time as part of a robust resistance and sabotage movement in the nation...

  17. Heinrich Himmler photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photograph albums including family photographs of Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS and head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS; his wife, Marga; and their daughter, Gudrun. Also included are photographs of Nazi officials and gatherings.

  18. Deterrence, Mauthausen, 1945 Leo Haas drawing of concentration camp inmates witnessing a hanging

    1. Leo Haas collection

    Ink and wash drawing by Leo Haas of Mauthausen concentration camp inmates being marched past a hanging. Haas, a Czech Jewish artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in German occupied Poland, returned in April 1940, and assigned to forced labor. In August 1942, he was arrested for smuggling and, with his family, sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp. He and a few other artists secretly documented the horrendous conditions of camp life. In summer 1944, they were accused of smuggling their 'gruesom...

  19. Leo Haas sketch of SS labor camp guard Schrader

    1. Leo Haas collection

    Ink sketch of SS officer Schrader drawn by Leo Haas, while a prisoner in Nisko forced labor camp. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the wretched conditions of daily life in the camp. In summer of 1944, they were accused by the Gestapo of...

  20. Leo Haas sketch of SS labor camp guard Wolters

    1. Leo Haas collection

    Ink sketch of SS officer Wolters drawn by Leo Haas, while a prisoner in Nisko forced labor camp. Leo Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist Party member. He was deported to Nisko in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he became part of a tight knit group of artists determined to secretly document the wretched conditions of daily life in the camp. In summer of 1944, they were accused by the Gestapo of ...