us-005578-irn47278-irn61378
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physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Alphabetical components for cataloging only. Most drawings are in pencil on paper. All are signed and dated in the lower right corner. a. Handmade bifold folder, now soiled, of light gray paper with 4 glued on flap extensions to keep the 11 drawings inside. The front center has a stylized monogram E drawn in white chalk; below is Roma in red letters over the year 1946. b. Architectural study of the facade and monumental staircase of S. Maria di Aracoeli viewed looking up from the street where the stairs intersects with the lion on a pedestal. The adjacent ornate balustrade and lamp are rendered in detail, while the shrubs and background buildings are faintly sketched. It is signed and dated in the lower right. 12.750h x 16.750w. c. Architectural study in pencil with ink wash shading of Campidoglio facade with windows detailed. Pencil underdrawings emphasize the parallel and perpendicular lines. 12.875h x 16.750w. d. Architectural study in pencil of S. Onofrio facade without ornamental details. 12.875h x 16.750w. e. Architectural study in pencil of the balustrade and partial facade of Castel S. Angelo. 12.750h x 16.875w. f. Ink sketch of an open piazza with house facades in the center back and left drawn in thick, strong, gestural strokes. 9.125h x 12.750w. g. Architectural study in pencil of the dome of S. Pietro, with medium detail, as a perspective analysis with a tree in the foreground twice as large as the dome. h. Architectural study in pencil of Teatro di Marcello, finely detailed with shadows, various types of brick, highlighting the vertical lines of the columns. 16.750h x 12.875w. i. Ink study of a doorway highlighting the vertical lines. Unnamed. 15.00h x 11.250w. j. Pencil and ink wash study of a cityscape with a detailed drawing of the dome of St. Peter's. 9.00h x 12w. k. Pencil sketch of Castel S. Angelo. 12.875h x 16.875w. l. Architectural study in pencil of the facade of Castel S. Angelo. 12.750h x 16.875w. m. Architectural study in pencil of a detail…
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date: 1946 October 02-1946 October 20
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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…
history: The portfolio was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Krystyna Mew, the daughter of Edward (Herzbaum) Hartry.
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record resource extent: overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm)
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scope and content: Portfolio of 11 architectural studies of buildings in Rome created by Edward Herzbaum in 1946 when he studied architecture at the University of Rome, following service as a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps from 1942-1945. When Edward was 19, he left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 for Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was exiled to a gulag by Soviet security police. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released in an amnesty of Polish prisoners. He joined the Polish Army of the East, known as Anders Army. In August 1942, the unit left Soviet territory and became the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. In February 1944, they joined the British 8th Army in Italy. The Corps fought its way north and was honored for heroism in the Battle of Monte Cassino. They celebrated VE Day, May 8, 1945, in Italy. Edward learned that his mother died in Łódź Ghetto in 1943. He studied architecture in Rome until the British decided to allow Polish Corps veterans to immigrate to England in October 1946. He then served in the Polish Resettlement Corps for two years, completed his degree, and eventually set up his own architecture firm.
title: Portfolio of 11 drawings of Roman buildings by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps