us-005578-irn740770-irn740772
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has or had holder: us-005578
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: 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.
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn740770-irn740772/alternateIDs/1
identifier: irn740772
has record set type: Item
date: approximately 1939-approximately 1945
type: RecordSet
is or was included in: us-005578-irn740770
record resource extent: overall: Height: 5.020 inches (12.751 cm) | Width: 6.693 inches (17 cm) | Depth: 0.591 inches (1.501 cm)
title: Sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family
history: The sketchbook was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Heske Levie Zelermyer, daughter of Benno M. Levisson.
scope and content: 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.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn740770-irn740772/acquisitions/1
has or had some members with language: nld