Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rectangular sketchbook full of pencil sketches of people and animals on tan paper bound within well-worn, tan, cloth-covered, cardboard covers. The images are done in a loose style and do not appear to relate to one another directly. The book has a cloth loop to hold a writing utensil at the top center of the back cover, and was once fastened by a cloth band, now missing, that stretched from the back cover to the front, passing over the open end of the short side. A distributor’s paper label is adhered within the front cover.
overall: Height: 5.020 inches (12.751 cm) | Width: 6.693 inches (17 cm) | Depth: 0.591 inches (1.501 cm)
Sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family
The sketchbook was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Heske Levie Zelermyer, daughter of Benno M. Levisson.
The sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family and relates to their experiences while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao between 1939 and 1945. Small sketches in a style similar to that used in the sketchbook appear in many of the letters between family members also found in the collection.