Watercolor of a cabin where a Jewish family rested in flight
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
Archival History
The watercolor was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Leon Rozenbaum.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Rozenbaum
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Small watercolor of a woodcutter's cabin where the Pollak family stayed while fleeing German occupied Hungary for the Tatra Mountains in October 1944.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Watercolor with pencil on paper of a small, brown, A-frame log cabin in a snow covered forest. The roof is covered with snow and black smoke wafts up from the chimney. In the foreground is a log fence enclosure. The cabin is surrounded on 3 sides by tall, bare brown trees. It is initialed with inscriptions on the back.
back, center, cursive, blue ink : Tus me sa zdržali ako / sme uteko by do hór o v októbri / 1944. Bola to chata pre drevo- / rúbačov [We stayed here, as we ran away towards the mountains in October 1944. It was a cabin for woodcutters.]
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Hungary--Personal narratives.
- Hungary--History--1918-1945--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives.
- Jews--Persecution--Hungary--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Art