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Collection Overview
Title: Holocaust-Related Art, 1942-1989
Predominant Dates:1933 --1945
ID: RG-14/RG-14
Primary Creator: Pieck, Henri
Other Creators: A. Gedis, Ben-Itzhac, Liana, Haas, Leo (1901-1983), Leopold Lewicki (1906-1973), Leskly, Eli (1911-2004), Margaret Singer (1921-2019), Müller, Moritz (1887-1944), Zielezinski, George
Extent: 0.0
Arrangement:
The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Record group is comprised of six collections: 1. Lev Haas collection; 2. Henri Pieck collection; 3. George Zielezinski collection; 4. Eli Leskly collection; 5. Moritz Mueller collection; 6. Collection of Polish artwork on Nazi camp life.
Subjects: day-to-day life in ghettos, day-to-day life in Nazi concentration camps, Haas, Leo, Holocaust-related art, Lichtblau, Erich, Mueller, Moritz, Pieck, Henri, Postwar recollections of the Holocaust, Zielezinski, George
Languages: German, Czech, Polish
Abstract
These collections contains artworks in the form of graphics and watercolors created in the Nazi places of incarcerations and in the wake of liberation. The artists reflect on the inhumane conditions of Nazi concentration camps and ghettos, as well as on relations between prisoners and relations between prisoners and the camp and ghetto German personnel
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This record group is comprised of various artworks including paintings, sculpture, metal-forms, and combined compositions. The works in this record group reflect the Holocaust through the artists’ lenses. A number of artworks commemorate the Holocaust in general, while some are dedicated to specific Holocaust-related events and landmarks.
Materials within this record group include lithographs, original sketches in pen on paper, placards, postwar prints, framed artworks of the modern period. Some of the artwork is digitized.
Collection Historical Note
Post-Holocaust art, like post-Holocaust literature, stands out because it was directly induced and influenced by the enormous tragedy that the survived European Jewry lived through. For the artists represented in this record group, largely former prisoners of concentration camps and ghettos, art became the platform for their testimonies and recollections. Lev Haas, Henri Pieck, Moritz Müller and George Zielezinski exemplify this approach in their post-Holocaust art, as did Erich Lichtblau, the chronicler of Theresienstadt ghetto life.
Biographical Note
Henri Pieck was an artist, interned at Buchenwald.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Access Restrictions:
No restrictions
Use Restrictions:
Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required
Digital copies might be available upon request
Preferred Citation:
RG-14, Holocaust-Related Art. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.
Processing Information:
Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Sub-Collection:
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Sub-Collection 1: RG-14.01, Henri Pieck Collection, circa 1945],
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Sub-Collection 2: RG-14.02, Lichtblau Artworks, photo-reproductions, 1942-1943],
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Sub-Collection 3: RG-14.03, Moritz Mueller Collection, 1943-1944],
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Sub-Collection 4: RG-14.04, Zielezinski Collection],
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Sub-Collection 5: RG-14.05, Polish artwork reflecting life in the Nazi camps],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-14.06, Leo Haas Collection],
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Sub-Collection 7: RG-14.07, Liana Ben- Itzhac Collection],
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Sub-Collection 8: RG-14.08, Leopold Lewicki Collection],
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Sub-Collection 9: RG-14.09, A. Gedis Collection, 1979 c.],
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Sub-Collection 10: RG-14.10, Unknown Artist Collection],
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Sub-Collection 11: RG-14.11, Margaret Singer Collection],
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Sub-Collection 12: RG-14.12, Artifact: The etched copper plate, depicting the Synagogue of Cluj in the time of anti-Jewish atrocities],
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Sub-Collection 13: RG-14.13, GURS, 1989],
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Sub-Collection 14: RG-14.14, Stanislaw Toegel Collection, 1946],
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Sub-Collection 15: RG-14.15, Przeciw Wojnie (Against the War), Various Artists, 1983],
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Sub-Collection 16: RG-14.16, Maurice Mendjisky, To the Memory of the Martyr Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto],
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Sub-Collection 17: Lipa Koman (?) Collection, 1962-1963],
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Sub-Collection 18: RG-14.18, Diego Rivera Collection, 1933 c.],
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Sub-Collection 19: RG-14.19, Unknown Artist],
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Sub-Collection 20: RG-14.20, H. Heath Collection],
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Sub-Collection 21: RG-14.21, Byron Randall Collection, 1947],
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Sub-Collection 22: RG-14.22, Joanne Lesker Cullen Collection, 1972],
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Sub-Collection 23: RG-14.23, David Rose Collection],
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Sub-Collection 24: RG-14.24, Alida J.D. Krumin Collection],
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Sub-Collection 25: RG-14.25, Unknown Artist, 1956],
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Sub-Collection 26: RG-14.26, Elisabeth Mann Collection, 1944-1949],
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Sub-Collection 27: RG-14.27, Sofia Guttentag-Davidson Collection],
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Sub-Collection 28: RG-14.28, Ilse Kleinman Collection],
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- Sub-Collection 6: RG-14.06, Leo Haas Collection
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-14.06.01, Skeletal rows of men. No.1 in series, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Holocaust-related art
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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Forced labor in concentration camps
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-14.06.02, A Transport of Deportees, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Holocaust-related art
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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English, language
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Transports
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-14.06.03, Prisoners at Work, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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Holocaust-related art
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Forced labor
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Forced labor in concentration camps
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-14.06.04, Hunger in the Camp: Prisoners Searching Trash for Food, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Holocaust-related art
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-14.06.05, Prisoners are Beaten, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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Holocaust-related art
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-14.06.06, The Mauthausen Prisoners: Dead and Less Dead, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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Holocaust-related art
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Mauthausen (Austria: Concentration Camp)
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Austria (1939--1945)
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-14.06.07, Prisoners in the Bunker, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Holocaust-related art
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-14.06.08, Prisoners in the Inner Court, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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Holocaust-related art
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-14.06.09, A Death March, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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Holocaust-related art
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English, language
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-14.06.10, A Legacy of the Dead, 1939--1945
- Leo Haas was an artist born in Opava, Northern Czechoslavakia in 1901, Leo Haas studied in Karlrusche Berlin from 1919-1922, and later in Austria. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1939, where he drew many drawings of camp life and hid them from the authorities. Many years later he returned to the camp, where he discovered that his artwork had survived.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Holocaust-related art
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Living conditions in concentration camps
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English, language
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mass graves
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-14.06.11, Untitled 1, 1945
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Holocaust-related art
- Creators:
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Haas, Leo (1901-1983)
Browse by Sub-Collection:
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Sub-Collection 1: RG-14.01, Henri Pieck Collection, circa 1945],
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Sub-Collection 2: RG-14.02, Lichtblau Artworks, photo-reproductions, 1942-1943],
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Sub-Collection 3: RG-14.03, Moritz Mueller Collection, 1943-1944],
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Sub-Collection 4: RG-14.04, Zielezinski Collection],
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Sub-Collection 5: RG-14.05, Polish artwork reflecting life in the Nazi camps],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-14.06, Leo Haas Collection],
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Sub-Collection 7: RG-14.07, Liana Ben- Itzhac Collection],
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Sub-Collection 8: RG-14.08, Leopold Lewicki Collection],
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Sub-Collection 9: RG-14.09, A. Gedis Collection, 1979 c.],
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Sub-Collection 10: RG-14.10, Unknown Artist Collection],
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Sub-Collection 11: RG-14.11, Margaret Singer Collection],
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Sub-Collection 12: RG-14.12, Artifact: The etched copper plate, depicting the Synagogue of Cluj in the time of anti-Jewish atrocities],
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Sub-Collection 13: RG-14.13, GURS, 1989],
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Sub-Collection 14: RG-14.14, Stanislaw Toegel Collection, 1946],
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Sub-Collection 15: RG-14.15, Przeciw Wojnie (Against the War), Various Artists, 1983],
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Sub-Collection 16: RG-14.16, Maurice Mendjisky, To the Memory of the Martyr Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto],
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Sub-Collection 17: Lipa Koman (?) Collection, 1962-1963],
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Sub-Collection 18: RG-14.18, Diego Rivera Collection, 1933 c.],
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Sub-Collection 19: RG-14.19, Unknown Artist],
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Sub-Collection 20: RG-14.20, H. Heath Collection],
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Sub-Collection 21: RG-14.21, Byron Randall Collection, 1947],
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Sub-Collection 22: RG-14.22, Joanne Lesker Cullen Collection, 1972],
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Sub-Collection 23: RG-14.23, David Rose Collection],
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Sub-Collection 24: RG-14.24, Alida J.D. Krumin Collection],
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Sub-Collection 25: RG-14.25, Unknown Artist, 1956],
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Sub-Collection 26: RG-14.26, Elisabeth Mann Collection, 1944-1949],
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Sub-Collection 27: RG-14.27, Sofia Guttentag-Davidson Collection],
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Sub-Collection 28: RG-14.28, Ilse Kleinman Collection],
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