David Farin collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn715736
• English
• 1939
• overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Porcelain figure of “Mohr” (Moor), manufactured by slave labor at Dachau concentration camp, and collected after the war by David Farin, a Jewish member of the French resistance. The Porzellan-Manufaktur Allach (PMA) was founded in 1935 in the Munich suburb of Allach. It produced decorative porcelain pieces with the goal of developing a new echelon of German artistic taste. The factory quickly became a pet-project of SS Reichsführer (Reich leader) Heinrich Himmler, who eventually took control of 45 percent of the output and often gifted figures to various SS officials and friends. In 1937, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn715737
• English
• 1942
• overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Porcelain figure of “Burgunder” (Burgundy), manufactured by slave labor at Dachau concentration camp, and collected after the war by David Farin, a Jewish member of the French resistance. The Porzellan-Manufaktur Allach (PMA) was founded in 1935 in the Munich suburb of Allach. It produced decorative porcelain pieces with the goal of developing a new echelon of German artistic taste. The factory quickly became a pet-project of SS Reichsführer (Reich leader) Heinrich Himmler, who eventually took control of 45 percent of the output and often gifted figures to various SS officials and friends. ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn715738
• English
• 1941
• overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Depth: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Porcelain figure of "Gezaddelter," manufactured by slave labor at Dachau concentration camp, and collected after the war by David Farin, a Jewish member of the French resistance. The Porzellan-Manufaktur Allach (PMA) was founded in 1935 in the Munich suburb of Allach. It produced decorative porcelain pieces with the goal of developing a new echelon of German artistic taste. The factory quickly became a pet-project of SS Reichsführer (Reich leader) Heinrich Himmler, who eventually took control of 45 percent of the output and often gifted figures to various SS officials and friends. In 1937, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn715739
• English
• 1940
• overall: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Porcelain figure of "Prophet," manufactured by slave labor at Dachau concentration camp, and collected after the war by David Farin, a Jewish member of the French resistance. The Porzellan-Manufaktur Allach (PMA) was founded in 1935 in the Munich suburb of Allach. It produced decorative porcelain pieces with the goal of developing a new echelon of German artistic taste. The factory quickly became a pet-project of SS Reichsführer (Reich leader) Heinrich Himmler, who eventually took control of 45 percent of the output and often gifted figures to various SS officials and friends. In 1937, the ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn715740
• English
• 1942
• overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Depth: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Porcelain figure of “Gaukler mit Dolch” (Juggler with Dagger), manufactured by slave labor at Dachau concentration camp, and collected after the war by David Farin, a Jewish member of the French resistance. The Porzellan-Manufaktur Allach (PMA) was founded in 1935 in the Munich suburb of Allach. It produced decorative porcelain pieces with the goal of developing a new echelon of German artistic taste. The factory quickly became a pet-project of SS Reichsführer (Reich leader) Heinrich Himmler, who eventually took control of 45 percent of the output and often gifted figures to various SS offi...