Mordecai E. Schwartz collection

Identifier: irn50303
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50303

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Mordecai E. Schwartz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of armbands, a card, and drawings by Alfred Glück relating to the experiences of Mordecai E. Schwartz during his wartime service in the United States Army and after the war when he served as Area Director for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1945 to 1948 and then as Area Director for the International Refugee Organization in Germany.

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Displaying items 1 to 14 of 14

Autobiographical drawing of bombed villages created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8291
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.375 inches (36.513 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting scenes he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer on ...
Autobiographical watercolor of a death march survivor with bleeding feet created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8292
- English
- overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural labor...
Watercolor portrait of a concentration camp survivor created by fellow inmate Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8293
- English
- overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor portrait created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural labo...
Handwritten thank you note received by an administrator of a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8294
- English
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Handwritten letter received by Mordecai Schwartz on February 9, 1947, from a resident in Hasenhecke displaced persons camp, expressing appreciation for Schwartz's work. Schwartz, a soldier in the United States Army, was who was recruited after the war ended in May 1945 to serve as Area Director for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). He worked for UNRRA until 1948, when UNRRA was deactivated. He then became Area Director for the International Refugee Organization (IRO), supervising twenty-eight displaced persons camps in Germany. The DP camps were set up to ...
Circular red cloth UNRRA badge worn by a former US soldier as Area Administrator for Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8295
- English
- 1945-1948
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) red circle patch worn by Mordecai E. Schwart. Schwartz, a soldier in the United States Army, was recruited after the war ended in May 1945 to serve as Area Director for UNRRA. He worked for UNRRA until 1948, when the organization was deactivated. He then became Area Director for the International Refugee Organization (IRO), supervising twenty-eight displaced persons camps in Germany. The DP camps were set up to house and feed, and to provide medical service and legal protection for survivors of the concentration and slave labor...
Nazi armband with a swastika acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8296
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi swastika armband acquired by Mordecai E. Schwart. Schwartz, a soldier in the United States Army. After the war ended in May 1945, Schwartz was recruited to serve as Area Director for UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). He worked for UNRRA until 1948, when the organization was deactivated. He then became Area Director for the International Refugee Organization (IRO), supervising twenty-eight displaced persons camps in Germany. The DP camps were set up to house and feed, and to provide medical service and legal protection for survivors of the concentration an...
Autobiographical drawing of people celebrating liberation created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8297
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Autobiographical drawing of an allied soldier and a concentration camp inmate created byAlfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8298
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Autobiographical drawing of a burning synagogue created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8299
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.375 inches (36.513 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Autobiographical drawing of a hanged Nazi soldier created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8300
- English
- overall: Height: 14.375 inches (36.513 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Allegorical, autobiographical drawing of a train transport to Auschwitz created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8301
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Autobiographical drawing of concentration camp inmates in a barracks created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8302
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Autobiographical drawing of inmates on a death march created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8303
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...
Autobiographical drawing of concentration camp inmates being punished by a guard created by Alfred Glück in Hasenhecke DP persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8304
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing created by Alfred Glück in 1945-46 in the Hackensecke displaced persons camp in Germany. While at the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Alfred was encouraged by a Czech officer working for UNRRA to make drawings depicting the things he had witnessed during the war. In 1939, eighteen year old Alfred had left Vienna after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. He went to Germany to receive agricultural training at a Hechalutz hachshara in preparation for emigration to Palestine. In 1940, he was sent with other group members to Denmark to work as an agricultural laborer...