us-005578-irn82307-irn9597
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physical characterisitics and technical requirements: a=drawing; b=tracing paper Image of a flatbed truck with bodies in it, and old man with a cane stands behind it, looking on. Tracing paper over the top which had been attached at one point but is now torn away from the drawing.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: approximately 1930-1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
history: Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
identifier: irn9597
is or was included in: us-005578-irn82307
record resource extent: Height: 15.240 inches (38.71 cm) | Width: 18.940 inches (48.108 cm) | Depth: 48.110 inches (122.199 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
title: Drawing by William Sharp