Daisy Brand collection

Identifier: irn37868
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Daisy Brand.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of prewar photographs and postwar sculptures created by Daisy Schweiger Brand relating to her experiences of life of pre and postwar Czechoslovakia and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaiserwald, Dondagen II, Libau, Stutthof, and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

Daisy Brand photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42609
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
16 photographs depicting the Schweiger and Fischer families, Daisy Brand's parents' families.
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand depicting graveled train tracks entering a concentration camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42640
- English
- 2000
- overall: Height: 28.750 inches (73.025 cm) | Width: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture showing train tracks entering a concentration camp created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her f...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand depicting arrival at a concentration camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42645
- English
- 2003
- overall: Height: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture showing 2 sets of train tracks entering camp gates created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her f...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand depicting an iron barred concentration camp prison
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42646
- English
- 2002
- overall: Height: 27.000 inches (68.58 cm) | Width: 20.375 inches (51.753 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture of an iron barred prison created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her father went directly to the...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand mourning the cremation of her father at Auschwitz
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42647
- English
- 2003
- overall: Height: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm) | Width: 20.120 inches (51.105 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture created by Daisy Brand to express her grief over her father's cremation at Auschwitz after being murdered in the gas chamber. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her father went directly to the gas chamb...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand with a line of boxcars based on her memories of transport to multiple concentration camps
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42649
- English
- 2005
- overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 20.250 inches (51.435 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture juxtaposing boxcars and the stripes of a concentration camp uniform created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau ...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand based on memories of her overnight stay in a gas chamber
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42650
- English
- 2004
- overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture of stairs descening into an underground chamber created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her fath...
Mixed media wall sculpture in three sections by Daisy Brand memorializing the betrayal and destruction of Jewish culture and religious faith during the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42651
- English
- 1939-1945
- a: Height: 25.750 inches (65.405 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) b: Height: 16.125 inches (40.958 cm) | Width: 13.875 inches (35.243 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) c: Height: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm) | Width: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Three part ceramic wall sculpture depicting Torah scrolls, train tracks, and a remote chamber created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birken...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand evoking cherished memories of the her childhood
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42652
- English
- 1999
- overall: Height: 26.500 inches (67.31 cm) | Width: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm) | Depth: 2.370 inches (6.02 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture of a faraway landscape viewed through wire created by Daisy Brand to evoke her happy childhood in Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her father went directly to the gas chamb...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand evoking her memories of arrival at a concentration camp and the crematoria
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42653
- English
- 2003
- overall: Height: 30.750 inches (78.105 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture with steps and iron bars created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her father went directly to the...
Mixed media wall sculpture by Daisy Brand memorializing the destruction of Jewish culture during the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42654
- English
- 1939-1945
- overall: Height: 28.750 inches (73.025 cm) | Width: 21.750 inches (55.245 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ceramic wall sculpture showing rubble within a temple created by Daisy Brand to evoke her ordeal of being imprisoned in multiple concentration camps from 1944-1945. Daisy's art became infused with her Holocaust experience in the 1980s. Her references are suggestive and deliberately ambiguous and she keeps the exact meaning of the symbolism in her work private, thus more evocative and universal. Daisy and her family lived in Chust, Hungary, when it was occupied by the Germans in March 1944. By May, Daisy and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her father went directly ...