David Friedman collection

Identifier: irn50039
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 1987, 1988, 1993, and 1998 by Hildegard Friedman and Miriam Friedman Morris, the wife and daughter of David Friedman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of one etching, eleven drawings and six paintings created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) after the war based upon his experiences during the Holocaust in the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto in Poland from October 1941 - August 1944 and as a prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz I, and Blechhammer concentration camps from August 1944 until his liberation soon after a death march on January 25, 1945.

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Displaying items 1 to 18 of 18

In the concentration camp Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a mother helping her sick son in a concentration camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512833
- English
- 1963
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1963, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. It depicts a cloaked woman with a sorrowful face supporting a young man with an emaciated face. Behind them are a woman rubbing her eyes and other figures near a barbed wire fence. Artist's caption: "Mother helping her sick son inside a camp." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press arti...
Autobiographical painting by David Friedman of a woman in a brown dress resting on a bed
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513948
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 15.625 inches (39.688 cm) | Width: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Oil painting created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1946 after his return to Prague. It depicts a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944.. It is a portrait in muted browns of a young woman resting on a bed. The model was Friedmann's second wife, Hildegard Taussig. David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press artist of the 1920’s. In 1933, h...
Before Evacuation to the Ghetto Charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a Jewish man from a suburb of Prague waiting for deportation
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513949
- English
- 1963
- overall: Height: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1963, depicting a scene witnessed prior to his deportation from Prague to the Łódź Ghetto on October 16, 1941. It portrays a Jewish man with eyeglasses, a skullcap, and a Star of David badge on his overcoat. Behind him wait others with packs and bundles. Artist's caption: "A different Jew from a suburb of Prague also is waiting for deportation." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press artis...
Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a mother with two children in Lodzer Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516132
- English
- overall: Height: 23.875 inches (60.643 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1964, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts a worn and exhausted woman with two children; all wearing Judenstern. Artist's caption: "Mother with two children in Łódźer Ghetto (Litzmannstadt). Her husband was working in a German factory." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and...
2 Horseman pulling a carriage in Lodzer Ghetto Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of newcomers to the Łódź Ghetto pulling a carriage
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516133
- English
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 23.625 inches (60.008 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1964, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. Artist's caption: "Newcomers in the Łódźer Ghetto pulling a carriage. In the background there is a Catholic church. At the time it was used for storage of bedfeathers taken by force from the Jews by the Nazis in that region. The wood bridge went to another part of the ghetto, and the street under the bridge was only for Germans. Watching soldiers were ...
Despairing and hungry Jews in Lodzer ghetto Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of despairing and hungry Jews in the Łódź Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516134
- English
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1963, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts people with Star of David badges begging on the street. Artist's caption: "Despairing and hungry people on streets in Łódźer Ghetto was one of the frequent sights to be seen. Official statistics: From 110,798 inmates between 1940-1944, 43, 441 perished. In May 1941, 20,000 Jews were officially registered for TB. But there were many other dis...
Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of mothers, ordered to undress, who stare at their executioners as they march with their children into a mass grave
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516135
- English
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) circa 1945-48, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. It depicts a large crowd of naked women and children being herded by shadowy armed soldiers into a big pit to be shot. David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press artist of the 1920’s. In 1933, his prewar career abruptly ended with the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship. In December ...
A garret in the Lodzer Ghetto Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a large group of Jews living in an attic in the Łódź Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516138
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 20.750 inches (52.705 cm) | Width: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) pictorial area: Height: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Framed oil painting created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1946, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts a large group of Jews in their attic living space. David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press artist of the 1920’s. In 1933, his prewar career abruptly ended with the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship. In De...
Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a woman and 3 children barefoot and hungry on a Łódź Ghetto street
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516140
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm) | Width: 19.375 inches (49.213 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) pictorial area: Height: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) | Width: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Framed oil painting created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1947, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. Artist's caption: "Hungry families on the streets of Łódźer Ghetto were not an unusual, but an every day sight." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press artist of the 1920’s. In 1933, his prewar career abruptly ended wit...
Two Łódź Ghetto Inmates On A Water Pump Autobiographical tempera painting by David Friedmann of two men pumping water in the Łódź Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516141
- English
- 1946
- a: Height: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm) b: Height: 24.125 inches (61.278 cm) | Width: 17.875 inches (45.403 cm) c: Height: 26.125 inches (66.358 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tempera painting, mat, and frame created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1946 of the water pump in the Łódź Ghetto where he did the family's washing in summer and winter. Friedmann was incarcerated in the Ghetto from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts two men in heavy clothing with Stars of David pumping water in a snow covered yard. David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press art...
Autobiographical drawing by David Friedmann of Jewish prisoners on their way to bury a shot comrade
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516142
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 29.000 inches (73.66 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) pictorial area: Height: 16.875 inches (42.863 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Mixed media drawing created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1945, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. Artist's caption: "Jewish prisoners on their way to bury a shot down comrade. A smiling and smoking Nazi is watching as two other prisoners are digging a grave. Usually, the prisoners dug their own graves before they were shot. This was an added enjoyment for the Nazis." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life an...
Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of naked women and children entering the showers at Auschwitz
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516143
- English
- overall: Height: 23.875 inches (60.643 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1964, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. It depicts two long lines of naked women and children entering a doorway marked Bade Anstalt (Bathing Establishment.) Artist's caption: "This is Auschwitz-Birkenau! This camp, like Maidanek, Treblinka, and many others, was destined to destroy Jewish people. Bathing Establishment was posted outside, but it was also used as a gas-chamber. The Nazis enjoyed to fool us. The camp was full of smoke and a horrible odor, but ...
Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a man with a Star of David badge eating in a Łódź Ghetto food hall
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516144
- English
- 1947
- overall: Height: 19.375 inches (49.213 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) pictorial area: Height: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm) | Width: 19.625 inches (49.848 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Framed oil painting created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1947, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts a seated man with a Star of David badge eating at a table. Artists's caption: "Eating in a public kitchen or eating at home, the consequences were the same. Many Jews died every day from hunger and disease. For example, in four days between Feb. 22-26, 307 persons died: 74 persons died from TB. 105 persons died from weakness of the heart. 1...
Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of freed prisoners homeward bound
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516145
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) pictorial area: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Framed oil painting created by David Friedmann (from 1960, Friedman) in 1946, based upon scenes he witnessed after his liberation on January 25, 1945, following a death march to Blechhammer slave labor camp. The painting depicts a long line of men in prison garb walking in the snow; a dead body on the roadside. Artist's caption: "It was a long way home and it wasn't unusual to see comrades as well as German soldiers dead on the road." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a...
Hunger in Łódź Ghetto Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of two Jewish couples and their children huddled on a Ghetto street
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516147
- English
- 1963
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1963, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts two anguished couples with two children, standing close together in the foreground. Behind them, a crowd of people stand in line near a building. Artist's caption: "Despairing and hungry people on the streets of Łódź Ghetto was one of the frequent sights to be seen. In the background, people are standing in front of a food distribution cente...
Hunger in Lodzer Ghetto Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a starving man eating from a ghetto garbage can
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516153
- English
- 1964
- overall: Height: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1964, depicting a scene in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was incarcerated from October 1941 until his deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in late August 1944. It depicts a man kneeling in front of a garbage can and eating. The artist's caption: "People are looking for some food in backyards, but if you were caught from German detectives, you were shot pitilessly. With my binocular from Prague, I saw more than others. For a 1/2 lb potato peelings I had to pay $1.00 in fresh condition." David Friedmann was a s...
Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of concentration camp inmates who preferred the electric wire rather than more tortures
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516154
- English
- overall: Height: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1964, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. It depicts prisoners throwing themselves against barbed wire electric fences. Artists's caption: " Some prisoners preferred the electric wire rather than more tortures. They work hard for little food, lost the ability to think and lost also their nerves. Food was even not good enough for pigs." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portr...
Etched print created by David Friedman of a man kneeling in despair a few seconds before execution
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516155
- English
- 1967
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) pictorial area: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drypoint etching printed by David Friedman (before 1960, Friedmann) in 1967, depicting a scene in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was sent in late-August 1944. It depicts a bearded man with a Star of David badge, reeling backward, hands raised in terror. Artist's caption: "This man is kneeling in despair a few seconds before execution." David Friedmann was a successful painter and graphic artist who lived in Berlin from 1911-1938. He was renowned for his portraits drawn from life and became a leading press artist of the 1920’s. In 1933, his prewar career abruptly ended with ...