Gert Wollheim collection

Identifier: irn61186
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61186

Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four drawings and one painting relating to the experiences of Gert Wollheim, originally from Germany, during the war when he was held in Vierzon, Ruchard, Gurs, and Septfonds internment camps in France.

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Landscape of Barracks Birds-eye view of the overcrowded Gurs barracks drawn by a German inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn400
- English
- overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of seemingly endless rows of densely packed Gurs barracks drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. There were tall structures, such as a water tower, that could provide this overhead view. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern Fr...
Barracks Interior Pencil drawing of people crowded inside a barrack in Gurs created by a German inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn401
- English
- overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of several figures living in a cramped Gurs barrack drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. It shows raggedy clothing hanging from the rafters, with people and beds inches apart, portraying the lack of privacy and squalor. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered t...
Woman Interned in Gurs Watercolor of a gaunt, sickly woman in Gurs created by a German inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn402
- English
- overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor portrait of an emaciated and ill woman with reddened eyes in front of a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and southern France, where ...
At The Barbed Wire Drawing of a couple sharing bread through barbed wire in Gurs drawn by a German inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn403
- English
- overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Man in peasant dress giving bread to a woman with 2 small children through a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and southern France, where Gurs w...
Woman Behind Barbed Wire Portrait of an old woman walking behind barbed wire drawn in Gurs by a German inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn404
- English
- overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of a stooped woman walking in mud behind a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. Wollheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France was invaded by Germany in May 1940 and surrendered in June. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and a collaborationist French government was set up in Vichy. Wollheim's work was in the Nazi Degenerate Art exhibit and he was active in leftist, radical politics. Gurs at first interned political prisoners, and then Jews. Wo...

Gert Wollheim collection

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Landscape of Barracks Birds-eye view of the overcrowded Gurs barracks drawn by a German inmate

Barracks Interior Pencil drawing of people crowded inside a barrack in Gurs created by a German inmate

Woman Interned in Gurs Watercolor of a gaunt, sickly woman in Gurs created by a German inmate

At The Barbed Wire Drawing of a couple sharing bread through barbed wire in Gurs drawn by a German inmate

Woman Behind Barbed Wire Portrait of an old woman walking behind barbed wire drawn in Gurs by a German inmate