us-005578-irn47278-irn61294
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physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Pencil drawing on offwhite paper depicting three men with distinct, detailed facial feature and clothed torsos lying in a row sleeping against a ship bulwark. The man on the left has his upper back propped against the wall. His hair is sparse and he has closed eyes, a long, pronounced nose and full lips. There is a shadow on his left shoulder, his shirt lapels and flap pocket are visible, and his left hand rests upon his thigh. The man in the middle lies flat on his back; his head is angled to the right and slightly raised to present a view of his nostrils; both closed eyes and his long, dark left eyebrow are visible. His hands are clasped across his waist and his pants are sketched to the knee. There is a vertical line of 6 large rivets between the 2nd and 3rd man. The man on the right has his shoulders against the wall; his head is upright and displays strong, symmetrical facial features. His hands with interlocked fingers rest upon his waist. front, lower right corner, pencil : S.S. Marine Raven / 4.XI.46
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date: 1946 November 04
has or had holder: us-005578
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has or had some members with language: eng
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history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Krystyna Mew, the daughter of Edward (Herzbaum) Hartry.
history: Edward Henryk Herzbaum (later Hartry) was born on October 6, 1920, in Vienna, Austria. He was the only son of a Jewish couple, Dr. Alexander and Fanny Hermelin Herzbaum. Alexander was a chemical engineer, born in Tarnow, Poland, in February 1886 to Mendel (1855-1930) and Chana Ettinger Herzbaum, who married in 1882. They also had a daughter Gisela (1884-1912.) Chana died in 1886. In 1888, Mendel married Beila Lea Ettinger (b. August 22, 1864). Mendel and Beila had two children: Jakob (1888-1966) and Herman. Edward's mother Fanny was born in Boryslaw, Poland, near Lvov on May 30, 1890, to Samuel (d. 1922) and Chaje Sara Backenroth Hermelin. Fanny had four siblings, Rifke (b. 1883), Cirl (b. 1888), Zacharje (1884-1925), and Abraham (1885-1886.) In 1928, Edward's family moved to Poland and settled in Zawiercie. Edward had asthma and wore glasses, as he was very shortsighted. In 1934, they moved to Łódź. Alexander, 51, died in July 1937 of cancer. Edward graduated from high school in May 1938, and deferred his military service to enroll at the Warsaw Polytechnic, Faculty of Architecture. He had completed two semesters when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Edward joined the Polish Auxiliary Forces as a volunteer and was arrested by the Germans with other paramilitary youth a few days later. Edward escaped and returned to Łódź. The Soviet Union invaded and occupied eastern Poland. German occupying authorities in Łódź enacted oppressive anti-Jewish measures. At the urging of his mother, Edward, then 19, left Łódź on December 6, 1939, and went east to Lvov, which was under Soviet control. In Lvov, Edward lived with his maternal aunt and had an assortment of jobs, including office worker at a construction site, skiing instructor, and lifeguard at a swimming pool in a Soviet sports center. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by the NKVD (Soviet Security Police), tortured, and exiled to a gulag near Rybinsk on the Volga River. The prisoners logged and hauled trees in…
identifier: irn61294
is or was included in: us-005578-irn47278
record resource extent: overall: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 11.875 inches (30.163 cm)
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scope and content: Pencil drawing of three uniformed soldiers sleeping on board the SS Marine Raven created by Edward Herzbaum on November 4, 1946, during the voyage from Italy to England with other veterans of the 2nd Polish Corps. The Corps, a unit of the British Army, was in Italy when the war ended May 7, 1945. In October 1946, the British government finally granted the veterans permission to immigrate to England. Edward served as a soldier in the 5th Kresowa Infantry Division. Edward, age 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part an amnesty granted to Polish prisoners. He headed south to join the Polish Army of the East, known as Anders Army, a volunteer Polish military unit. In August 1942, the Army left Soviet territory and became the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. In February 1944, they deployed to join the 8th British Army in the Italian Campaign. They fought their way north and were honored for their bravery in the May 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino. Edward learned that his mother had died in the Łódź Ghetto in 1943. After the war, he resumed the study of architecture in Rome until leaving for England in October 1946. He then served in the Polish Resettlement Corps for two years and completed his degree.
title: Pencil portrait of three soldiers sleeping on a ship deck by a Jewish veteran, 2nd Polish Corps