us-005578-irn520989-irn522021
archival history: The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-camps/1974
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Sketch in ink on paper depicting a field with some bushes and trees at the edge of a town. A diagonal street, lined with tall utility poles, extends down the left side with a row of houses with gabled roofs on the other side. In the background is a line of closely packed houses of varying shapes, with wispy clouds in the sky above. It is signed and dated at the bottom.
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record resource extent: overall: Height: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
is or was included in: us-005578-irn520989
identifier: irn522021
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn520989-irn522021/alternateIDs/1
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
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title: Sketch of a field on the edge of town by a Polish Jewish internment inmate
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1941-01-01
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1941-12-31
scope and content: Ink sketch by Fiszel Zber of a field at the end of the town near 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.