Karl Schwesig collection
Acquisition
The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of seventeen drawings, three watercolors, and 1 typed manuscript created by Karl Schwesig before and after the Holocaust when he was arrested in Dusseldorf, Germany, for anti-Nazi activity and for being a Communist, and incarcerated in multiple internment and prison camps in German and then France, as well as works relating to his wartime experiences done when he returned to Dusseldorf after the war.
Genre
- Collection