Walter Peiser artwork collection

Identifier: irn699005
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn699005

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Giselle Brodsky and Mery Gross, the daughters of Salek Rosendorn.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artwork created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei"). One woodcut print that is part of a series of 12, created in the Neustadt/Holstein DP camp, circa 1946. Seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page.

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Woodcut print
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714875
- English
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.630 inches (24.46 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Woodcut print depicting a man's head and shoulders in the foreground and a camp fence in the background. The print was created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") and was originally part of a series of twelve that were created in the Neustadt/Holstein DP camp, circa 1946.
Print
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714876
- English
- overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Hexagonal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other.
Print depicting barracks and names of various camps
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714877
- English
- overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trapezoidal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other. This print depicts the names of a number of camps as well as barracks, smoke and a skull and bones.
Print depicting scene from Auschwitz-Monowitz
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714878
- English
- overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trapezoidal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other. This print depicts a scene from Auschwitz-Monowitz involving a barracks, guards and prisoners made to watch the hanging of anot...
"Arbeit macht frei!" print
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714879
- English
- overall: Height: 12.310 inches (31.267 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trapezoidal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other. This print depicts an outstretched arm which has a tatooed prisoner number. Surrounding the arm and hand is a Star of David and...
Print depicting scene from Birkenau
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714880
- English
- overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trapezoidal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other. This print depicts a scene from Birkenau, including a fence, guard tower, skull and bones, and the body of a prisoner lying nex...
Print depicting scene from Gross-Rosen.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714881
- English
- overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trapezoidal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other. This print depicts a scene from Gross-Rosen, including prisoners, a guard and a barracks.
Print depicting scene from Gross-Rosen
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714882
- English
- overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trapezoidal print, part of an artwork set created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven prints (one hexagon and six trapezoids) depicting scenes from multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz-Monowitz, Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and general scenes of commemoration that include names of camps, prisoner numbers and markings, with small holes punched around the entire border of each page which may have been used to connect the pieces to each other. This print depicts a scene from Gross-Rosen of prisoners working in a quarry.