us-005578-irn520989-irn522014
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record resource extent: overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-camps/1974
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn520989-irn522014/acquisitions/1
archival history: The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
scope and content: Colored pencil drawing by Fiszel Zber of the garden and a barrack at Beaune-Le-Rolande internment camp in France where he was imprisoned from 1941-1942. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. After the June armistice, the Germans occupied the north and western regions. In 1941, the Germans began rounding up Jewish residents who were not born in France. Zber, an artist specializing in woodcuts, was born in Poland. He was arrested as a foreign born Jew in 1941 and interned in Beaune-le-Rolande. While there, he drew scenes of the camp and the daily activities of the inmates. In 1942, the Germans began to deport foreign born Jews to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported to Auschwitz where he was killed, age 33, on Oct. 26, 1942.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Drawing in colored pencil on paper depicting a barbed wire fence with yellow posts and a green and yellow sloping field that leads up to a 1 story white building with an orange gabled roof and 2 tall chimneys. To the left is a partially obscured building and a black shack with a blue roof. Interspaced around the buildings are trees of varying shades of green under a blue sky with purple shading at the top. It is signed and dated at the bottom.
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1941-01-01
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1941-12-31
biographical history: Fiszel Zylberberg-Zber was a Jewish artist born in Plock, Poland, on June 23, 1909. By the 1930s, he was living in France and established as an artist, especially known for his woodcuts. In May 1940, Nazi Germany invaded France. An armistice was signed in June. Germany occupief the northern and western regions. In 1941, the German began arresting and interning foreign born Jews. Zber was detained around this time. He was sent to Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp. In 1942, the German began deporting the inmates to concentration camps in the east. Zber was deported on Convoy 6 to Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland where he was killed on October 26, 1942, at the age of 33.
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has or had some members with language: fra
title: Color drawing of internment camp garden by a Polish Jewish inmate
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identifier: irn522014