Mark Talisman collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Jill Talisman, the widow of Mark Talisman.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of documents, framed art, wood and cloth model, identification cards, correspondence, ration cards, stamps issued or used in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Czech Republic. Compilation of multiple victims interned in Theresienstadt illustrated within documents. Documents also include “Tagesbefehl” or Daily Bulletin from the Theresienstadt Council of Elders which details daily happenings in the ghetto and includes transports, postal service, regulations, “ghetto-court” judgements. Also included are three pieces of artwork created in Theresienstadt, one a woodcut possibly created by survivor Jiri Lauscher. Miniature model of barrack interior of Theresienstadt created by Jiri Lauscher.
Genre
- Collection