Drawing of Judges and Defendants at the Nuremberg trials
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.990 inches (32.995 cm) | Width: 15.980 inches (40.589 cm)
Creator(s)
- Günter Peis (Artisan)
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Rolf Wartenberg.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rolf Wartenberg, in memory of my parents Ernst Wartenberg and Hedy Hevar
Scope and Content
One of 18 drawings of defendants and judges at the Nuremberg Trials and blank sheet of paper. Drawn at the trial by artist Peis in pencil and traced over with ink. Total collection includes 18 drawings on 10 sheets of paper with one additional blank sheet.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 sheet folded in half with two images, recto portrait of Fritz Sauckel; verso portrait of Hermann Wilhelm Goering, signed and dated.
Penciled recto in top margin "Saukel"; penciled verso in top margin "Goering"
Genre
- Object
- Art