Print depicting scene from Gross-Rosen
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
Archival History
The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Giselle Brodsky and Mery Gross, the daughters of Salek Rosendorn.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Giselle Brodsky and Mery Rosendorn-Gross
Scope and Content
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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Trapezoid-shaped print, part of a set of artwork created by Walter Peiser-Preisser ("Prei") consisting of seven color 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.
Genre
- Art
- Object