Black and white print depicting concentration camp barracks created by an unknown artist with the initials FK in late 1944. Many prisoners and liberating soldiers took it upon themselves to record their experiences, preserve their memories and show the world what happened. Creations range from the deeply personal responses of survivors to the more documentary approach of official war artist pieces. Some made drawings of the prisoners and life in the camps, while others created art during and after liberation. Children as well as adults documented events of the Holocaust through art. In some circumstances, imprisoned artists were able to create sketches and paintings for guards, earning extra food or other benefits as a reward, which helped some to survive life in the camps. A number of the survivors turned to art as an outlet for their trauma.
overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
The print was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
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Small black and white print centered on a large, faded, off white, rectangular paper, depicting five rows of single story, multi-unit rectangular buildings with hipped roofs and cross hatched shading. Each row features two buildings that are divided into six units. All the barracks have three connected windows with the center window propped open. The nearest barrack is numbered 239 and has a door on the left side with a small bucket hanging off the window beside it. On the far left there is a larger building with vertical siding and a tall brick chimney. In the distance on the right is a row of leafy trees. The rectangular paper is off white and slightly faded. The artist’s initials and date are on the bottom right of the image.
Black and white print of five rows of multi-unit barracks on grass