Drawing
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The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Hans Cahnmann.
Bill Spira, a cartoonist, was also known as Bil Freier. He was originally from Austria. During the Holocaust he forged passports for the Emergency Rescue Committee. Despite Varian Fry's (an American ERC representative) intervention, he was arrested and deported to Auschwitz. He survived the camp.
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Drawing
overall: Height: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
Drawing created by Bil Freier
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