us-005578-irn80098
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Print reproduction of a lithographed drawing with the image of a man bound to a tree in the woods overlooking a group of 4 men working in front of a building in a concentration camp. The bound man in the foreground is heavily shaded, while the stooped men and building in the background are sketched in with light, loosely defined lines. The year and artist’s signature, 41 Ceglokoff, are printed within the image on the lower left. (8 plates in portfolio : ill. , facsims. ; 36 cm. (plates are approximately 13.500 x 16.000 in.)
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn80098/alternateIDs/1
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1941-01-01
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-12-31
title: Print
scope and content: Print from a set of eight reproductions of lithographed drawings by Gheorghe Ceglokoff depicting scenes he witnessed in 1941 while a political prisoner in the Romanian concentration camp Târgu Jiu in Transnistria.
biographical history: Gheorghe Ceglokoff was born on April 15, 1904, in Chisinau, Russia (Chisinau, Moldova), to a Russian couple. Following the October Revolution in 1917, the region of Bessarabia, where Chisinau was located, declared independence from the Russian Empire and joined the Kingdom of Romania. Gheorghe attended the School of Arts in Chisinau. In 1928, he graduated from the Academy of Painting in Dresden, Germany, and returned to Romania. He drew and sketched pieces of miners and other laborers in Bessarabia and the Banat region of western Romania. His association with the laborers contributed to his active involvement in the growing Bessarabian communist movement. In 1933, Gheorghe’s art was included in exhibitions assembled by the Society of Fine Arts in Bessarabia. While in Chisinau, Gheorghe met and married Tatiana (Tania) Baillayre, a young aspiring artist and the daughter of his former teacher. Tania (1916-1991) was born in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia, to painters Auguste Baillayre and Lidia Arionescu-Baillayre. Tania attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the couple later studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. In the mid-1930s, Gheorghe and Tania move to Bucharest, Romania, where he worked as an illustrator and was a political activist. Tania attended the Academy of Fine Arts. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II. Poland was divided with the Soviet Union per the German-Soviet Pact. In June 1940, the Soviet Union annexed the Romanian regions of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, and Hertza. In August, Romania was forced by Germany to cede northern Transylvania to Hungary and, in September, southern regions to Bulgaria. In September 1940, the King abdicated and General Antonescu and the anti-semitic, fascist Iron Guard took power and soon joined the Axis Alliance. On June 22, 1941, Gheorghe was arrested for his communist activism and transported to Targu-Jiu (Tirgu-Jiu) concentration camp in western Romania. On September 2, he was released from …
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-01-01
has record set type: Item
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1941-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn80098/acquisitions/1
identifier: irn80098
archival history: The folio was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Douglas Smith.
type: RecordSet
has or had some members with language: ron
conditions of access: No restrictions on access