Mark Talisman collection

Identifier: irn77154
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Mark Talisman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of drawings, correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting life in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 60

Mark Talisman papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn26339
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains numerous samples of envelopes with German stamps, from Nazi-occupied Poland. Also includes numerous collector cards depicting athletes in the 1932 Olympics, and a series of cigarette cards depicting activities of German military during World War I.
Mark Talisman papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514850
- English
- 1940-1950
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of identification cards, postcards, letters, forms, reports, and photographs documenting life in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust.
Charcoal drawing of bunks in a cluttered barrack room
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77155
- English
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Charcoal drawing of a room lined with bunk beds created by an unknown artist at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works docum...
Ink drawing of loaded wagons in a courtyard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77158
- English
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing of wagons being loaded in a courtyard created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overc...
Caricature of a painter at work by a fellow inmate in Terezin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77160
- English
- overall: Height: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Caricature of Ernest Kleina at work drawn by Anna Kampusova when both were prisoners created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly cre...
Sheepfold Headquarters, Theresienstadt Red chalk drawing of a small house amongst trees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77161
- English
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of t...
Watercolor of a bridge over a river water with a distant view of the Terezin tower
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77162
- English
- overall: Height: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) pictorial area: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor of a bridge over a tree lined river and a view of the Theresienstadt tower in the distance created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of ...
Terezin Tower in the Background Watercolor of the Theresienstadt tower
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77163
- English
- overall: Height: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) pictorial area: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor of the Terezin tower created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, diseas...
Terezin Courtyard with a Pump Colored pencil drawing of a water pump in the Terezin courtyard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77164
- English
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing of a water pump in the Terezin courtyard created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual ov...
Chance Pencil drawing of stone walls at Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77165
- English
- overall: Height: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) pictorial area: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of t...
Bridge over the Sudetenland Drawing of a bridge crossing over a shaded road
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77166
- English
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing of a bridge over a road drawn by Anna Kampusova while imprisoned at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943-1944 in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created wo...
Handcolored copy of a drawing depicting a vaulted room with rows of beds
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77167
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Copy of a drawing depicting people walking along a street
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77168
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Copy of a drawing depicting a picture on a pedestal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77169
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Copy of a drawing depicting people working around graves in churchyard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77170
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Photocopy of a drawing depicting men in a workshop
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77171
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Light orange and white paper folded to contain photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77172
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Copy of a drawing depicting a building with an arched doorway
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77173
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Copy of a drawing depicting people lined up on a street
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77174
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Copy of a drawing depicting a large stove
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77175
- English
- Updated 1 year ago