Halina Olomucki collection

Identifier: irn39012
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 147 drawings, 47 oil paintings, and 135 mixed material pieces of artwork created by Halina Olomucki based upon her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland and as a prisoner and death march survivor of Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbruck, and Neustadt concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 326

Autobiographical drawing by Halina Olomucki of people waiting in line in the Warsaw ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509022
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil sketch created by 23 year old Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Following Germany's invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, Halina and her family were relocated to the ghetto. In May 1943, Halina and her mother, Margalit-Hadassa, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, where her mother was killed upon arrival. In July, Halina was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During all this time, she continued to create drawings. The camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to Ravensbrück. Halina was then sent to Neustadt-Glewe, where she was liberated...
Autobiographical drawing by Halina Olomucki of two women in the Warsaw ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509023
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil sketch created by 23 year old Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Following Germany's invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, Halina and her family were relocated to the ghetto. In May 1943, Halina and her mother, Margalit-Hadassa, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, where her mother was killed upon arrival. In July, Halina was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During all this time, she continued to create drawings. The camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to Ravensbrück. Halina was then sent to Neustadt-Glewe, where she was liberated...
Autobiographical sketch by Halina Olomucki of naked children gathered around an empty basin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509024
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 11.560 inches (29.362 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Crude pencil sketch created by 23 year old Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki) in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Following Germany's invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, Halina and her family were relocated to the ghetto. In May 1943, Halina and her mother, Margalit-Hadassa, were deported to Majdanek concentration camp, where her mother was killed upon arrival. In July, Halina was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During all this time, she continued to create drawings. The camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to Ravensbrück. Halina was then sent to Neustadt-Glewe, where she was lib...
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509025
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 6.120 inches (15.545 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of man staring out window of building that is in form of human skull
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509026
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 8.560 inches (21.742 cm) | Width: 6.120 inches (15.545 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; interior scene, black and white image of figures lying in bunk beds and woman standing in middle of room with her hands in pockets of apron
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509027
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 8.060 inches (20.472 cm) | Width: 6.170 inches (15.672 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white exterior scene; in foreground, image of soldier standing with back to viewer while unclothed man stands in front of him; in background, image of group of unclothed figures and smoke stack
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509028
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.060 inches (15.392 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; interior scene, black and white image of group of figures sitting and lying on upper and lower wooden bunks
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509029
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form with irregular edges; vertical format; interior scene, black and white graphite image with black colored pencil details of figure standing in front of mirror with arms at side; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509030
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 10.690 inches (27.153 cm) | Width: 13.440 inches (34.138 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form with irregular edges; horizontal format; interior scene, black and white graphite image with brown colored pencil and chalk details of figure lying in bed; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509031
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 15.880 inches (40.335 cm) | Width: 9.060 inches (23.012 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form with irregular edges; vertical format; black and white image of figure holding bowl in hands near mouth; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509033
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 5.380 inches (13.665 cm) | Width: 7.560 inches (19.202 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; horizontal format; exterior scene, black and white image of children dancing and holding hands among flowers with sun shining; adhered to painted cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509034
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 6.440 inches (16.358 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; horizontal format; exterior scene, black and white image of building with central tower and arch entryway, railroad tracks at entrance; adherred to paper mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509035
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of portrait of woman wearing scarf on head; adhered to construction paper mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509036
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 2.940 inches (7.468 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of man wearing tattered clothes and cap with box containing Star of David armbands around his shoulder; adhered to construction paper mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509037
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 8.620 inches (21.895 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Image of two women sitting; mounted on cardboard
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509038
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 6.060 inches (15.392 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; horizontal image; recto, black and white graphite image with black colored pencil details of figure on hands and knees while another figure stands off to side; verso, black and white colored pencil abstract image
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509039
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of group of figures standing among trees; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509040
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 7.060 inches (17.932 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Square form; vertical format; black and white graphite image with black colored pencil details of woman seated in center of group of figures with baby lying in her arms; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509041
- English
- 1948
- overall: Height: 13.620 inches (34.595 cm) | Width: 9.560 inches (24.282 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white image of woman seated in chair with shoulders bent and hands folded; adhered to cardboard mount
Halina Olomucki drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509042
- English
- 1950
- overall: Height: 8.380 inches (21.285 cm) | Width: 5.310 inches (13.487 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular form; vertical format; black and white graphite image with gray chalk details of two figures standing near one another; adhered to painted cardboard mount

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