us-005578-irn60588-irn8825
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record resource extent: overall: Height: 15.670 inches (39.802 cm) | Width: 11.730 inches (29.794 cm)
title: Print
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1948-12-31
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biographical history: Jerzy Zielezinski was born on March 28, 1914, in Lowicz, Poland, to Catholic parents, Josepha and Stanislau Zielezinski. He had a sister Helena and other siblings. Jerzy was a painter. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. His father was killed by the Germans for refusing an order. Jerzy was sent to the Warsaw ghetto which was established by the Germans in October 1941. On March 23, 1943, he was arrested for political activity. In early May, Jerzy was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp as a political prisoner. He was assigned prisoner number 119517. In January 1944, Jerzy was transferred to Flossenbürg concentration camp and assigned number 4817. While interned, Jerzy was severely beat by a guard and lost the hearing in one ear. When the doctor who treated him learned that he was an artist, he gave Jerzy some paper and charcoal. Jerzy begin secretly creating sketches of the scenes he witnessed in the camp. When the guards learned that Jerzy was an artist, he was able to improve his situation at the camp by drawing birthday and Christmas cards for them. Between April 15-20, 1945, as Allied forces approached, the SS began to evacuate the camp, sending prisoners by train and forced march toward Dachau concentration camp. Jerzy was at Dachau when the camp was liberated on April 23 by American troops. Jerzy then went to Schwandorf displaced persons camp. He was hospitalized in a DP hospital from September - December 1945. While recuperating, Jerzy used his sketches as the basis for finished drawings of concentration camp scenes. In January 1946, he relocated to Munich DP camp. Jerzy's first wife, who was Jewish, had been sent from Poland to Germany as a forced laborer. She was killed during a bombing raid. He Americanized his name to George. Two books of his drawings of ghetto and concentration camp life were published in 1946: K.Z. Album, which visualized his experiences in Warsaw Ghetto, and 24 drawings from concentration camps in Germany. On April…
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1948-01-01
identifier: irn8825
is or was included in: us-005578-irn60588
has or had some members with language: deu
scope and content: Portfolio of 24 prints of drawings by George Zielezinski of scenes from German concentration camps published in Germany in 1946. The portfolio was acquired in Germany by Dixie Foster while she worked as a secretary during the war crime trials held following the end of World War II.
has or had some members with language: pol
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has or had some members with language: eng
archival history: The portfolio was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Sophy Bernstein.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: reproduction numbered (21) and titled, lower right corner; image of human figure lit by the lamps upon the border posts, falling to the ground.
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