Henryk Hechtkopf collection

Identifier: irn89135
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn89135

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Rachel Postawski, the cousin of Henryk Hechtkopf.

Scope and Content

The collection of consists of four postwar drawings, an invitation and a newspaper relating to the experiences of Henryk Hechtkopf, following his return to Warsaw, Poland, after the war during which he was imprisoned in a Soviet slave labor camp. -Łódź, Poland

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Portrait of a male survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607413
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Ink portrait drawing of a man created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a child survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607414
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Ink portrait drawing of a child created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Henryk Hechtkopf collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607935
- English
- folder oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 12 months ago
Contains an invitation sent to Henryk Hechtkopf by the Provisional Jewish Committee in Łódź, asking him to attend a meeting regarding opening a Jewish cooperative; an issue of the April 19, 1948 "Nasze Slowo" newspaper published by the "Poalei-Zion" party on the occassion of the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, including a drawing by Henryk Hechtkopf depicting the fighters and the victims.
Drawing of a destroyed Warsaw street by a slave labor camp survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn609629
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Pencil drawing created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. It depicts the rubble strewn remains of Nalewski Street. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.
Portrait of a young survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn609630
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Pencil portrait of a girl created by Henryk Hechtkopf after his return to Warsaw, Poland, in 1946. In September 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Henryk, a lawyer, was placed in Soviet captivity and sent to a slave labor camp. He survived imprisonment due to his drawing talent.

Henryk Hechtkopf collection

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Portrait of a male survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer

Portrait of a child survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer

Henryk Hechtkopf collection

Drawing of a destroyed Warsaw street by a slave labor camp survivor

Portrait of a young survivor drawn postwar by a former Polish slave laborer