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Between 1941-1945, Helga Wolfenstein was an inmate at the Theresienstadt concentration camp (Terezín to Czechs and Terezin to English-speakers) in Czechoslovakia. She created the art works in this section between ages 19-23. In the camp, she met her soulmate Peter Kien / Petr Kien. Her mini biography is here.
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holocaust art by helga wolfenstein |
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700 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Peter Kien / Petr Kien at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 3" x 5" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum Peter Kien / Petr Kien was a young but respected Czech artist, poet, and writer. He and Helga met and fell in love in Theresienstadt. He rescued her, her mother, and aunt from a transport to the death camp at Auschwitz only to die there himself. |
Before he was transported to Auschwitz, he gave Helga a suitcase of his valuable signed drawings and paintings to sell upon her release. However, the Communists and later the current capitalists
in the Czech Republic seized these beloved and valuable art works and refuse to return her acknowledged possessions to her or her daughter Judy. If you can help, please contact me. This piece is incorporated in collages 018, 023, 069, 122, and 270. |
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811 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Peter Kien / Petr Kien Painting at Theresienstadt September 6, 1943 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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701 - Pen & Ink Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of
Dr. Reiter, Dermatologist at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 3¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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702 - Pen & Ink Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Her Mother
Hermine "Mina" Bondi Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 8½" x 11¾" Signed © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Helga's mother was the strict "Matron of the Ghetto Hospital for Infectious Diseases" in Theresienstadt. | |||||
703 - Drawings of by Helga Wolfenstein of Her Mother
Hermine "Mina" Bondi Wolfenstein
& a nurse at Theresienstadt July 18 and July 27, 1942 6" x 8½" each © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
Helga's mother and a nurse | |||||
704 - Caricature by Helga Wolfenstein of Her Mother and Dr. Pollak at Theresienstadt March 18, 1942 4¼" x 5" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
A birthday card from Helga to her mother Hermine 'Mina' Bondi Wolfenstein, the strict "Matron of the Ghetto Hospital for Infectious Diseases" in Theresienstadt | |||||
Original Czech Maminko a Dr. Pollak |
English Translation Mommy and Dr. Pollak |
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705 - Caricature by Helga Wolfenstein of Dr. Pollak at Theresienstadt October 5, 1941 3¾" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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706 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Her Aunt Julia 'Ully' Bondi Fleischerová at Theresienstadt November 1943 5¼" x 7½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
Helga's aunt with blood poisoning in her arm | |||||
707 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Marianne 'Mariedl' Mandel-Fischel at Theresienstadt 1944 6¼" x 6½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Helga heard that Marianne 'Mariedl' Mandel-Fischel, a nurse in Terezin, was shot in a death march because she begged for bread. | |||||
708 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Silhouetted Male at Theresienstadt April 11, 1942 4¾" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 046 and 121. | |||||
709 - Pen & Ink Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of
Frau Schindler at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6" x 8" Signed © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 015, 029, and 122. | |||||
710 - Pen & Ink Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of a Woman at Theresienstadt 1942 8½" x 6" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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711 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Potato Peelers at Theresienstadt September 1942 11½" x 8¾" Signed © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Potatoes and barley were dietary staples. This piece is incorporated in collages 025, 069, 102, and 122. |
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Original Czech Bramboraky |
English Translation Potato pancakes |
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712 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Potato Peelers at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 11½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 025, 046, 060, and 122. | |||||
713 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Potato Peelers at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 7" and 4¼" x 8¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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714 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Food Bakers at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 11½" x 8¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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715 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of the Kitchen at Theresienstadt 1942 11½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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716 - Color Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Kitchen Worker in Theresienstadt March 20, 1942 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Vrchlabská Kuchynĕ |
English Translation Vrchlabí Kitchen [barrack where food was prepared for the sick] |
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717 - Pen & Ink Drawing "Menage" by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt September 1942 11¾" x 8¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
JK2: "I believe that Menage was a misspelling of Menge meaning multitude or crowd in German." This piece is incorporated in collages 021, 025, 066, 069, and 122. |
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718 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Audience at Lessing's 'Nathan der Weise' at Theresienstadt 1943 8½" x 10¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 122. | |||||
Original German/Czech "Nathan der Weise" |
English Translation "Nathan the Wise" [a 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing] |
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Materiall Kavalír | Kavalier [barrack] material | |||||
719 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Funeral at Theresienstadt April 12, 1942 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Funeral of 12 This piece is incorporated in collage 020. |
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Original Czech Pohreb z okna |
English Translation Funeral from the window |
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720 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Menorah at Theresienstadt July 28, 1942 11½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 066. | |||||
Original Czech Starci při večerní polévce |
English Translation Elders taking an evening soup |
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721 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Open-Air Eating at Theresienstadt Autumn 1942 11½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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722 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Internal Medicine Ward at Theresienstadt November 3, 1942 11½" x 8¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Helga's mother Hermine "Mina" was the strict "Matron of the Ghetto Hospital for Infectious Diseases". This piece is incorporated in collages 023 and 025. |
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Original Czech Interní oddĕlení |
English Translation Internal medicine ward |
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723 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Female Resting at Theresienstadt October 1942 8½" x 11½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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724 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Female Resting at Theresienstadt June 1942 10½" x 6½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 020 and 066. | |||||
Original Czech Vyčerpaná |
English Translation Exhausted |
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725 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Females Resting at Theresienstadt June 1942 11¼" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is the original for painting 117. This piece is incorporated in collages 023 and 029. | |||||
Original Czech Cvokynĕ [bad Czech] |
English Translation Nutcases [rude] |
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726 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Females Sitting at Theresienstadt August 2, 1942 11½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
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Original Czech Zábava v dešti |
English Translation Amusement in the rain |
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727 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Women's Latrine at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4¼" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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728 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Stylish Woman Sitting at Theresienstadt May 10, 1942 4" x 5½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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729 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of 'Cvok' a Man Sitting at Theresienstadt May 1942 8¼" x 11½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Cvok [rude] |
English Translation Nutcase |
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730 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Psychiatric Ward Male Sitting at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5" x 7" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 066. | |||||
731 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Boy on a Box at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 8½" x 10½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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732 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of the Blacksmith at Theresienstadt April 22, 1943 8½" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "The 'Old Forge' -- The blacksmith was a prisoner too. | |||||
733 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Scarlet Fever Ward at Theresienstadt April 28, 1942 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Scarlet fever ward | |||||
Original Czech Infekce |
English Translation Infection |
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734 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Doctors at Theresienstadt 1942 11½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 023, 025, 030, and 122. | |||||
735 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Jewish Male at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6" x 7¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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736 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Card Players at Theresienstadt June 1942 8½" x 11½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is the original for this painting. This piece is incorporated in collages 042 | |||||
Original Czech Večerní zabáva v Kavalírce |
English Translation Evening entertainment in Kavalier [barracks for the old and insane] |
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737 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Quartet at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 7½" x 8¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Rehearsal for International Committee [of the Red Cross] This piece is incorporated in collages 122 and 194. |
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738 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of the Theater at Theresienstadt November 1943 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "Tu l'as voulu -- George Dandin" Translates to "Tis your own fault." | |||||
740 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Guard at Theresienstadt June 2, 1942 4¼" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 270. | |||||
Original Czech Magdeburg |
English Translation Magdeburg [barracks--seat of the Council of Elders and the offices of the Jewish self-administration and a hall for cultural performances] |
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741 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of an Arched Hallway at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 270. | |||||
742 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of a Solitary Figure Under the Rafters at Theresienstadt September 12, 1944 8½" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "Some old and sick people were accommodated under the roofs. There were not enough nurses and the smell in those places was terrible. In summer it was full of flies. We were all eaten by bedbugs and fleas. Clothes-lice and typhus were imported in spring 1945 by German and Polish prisoners of war."
This piece is the original for this painting. This piece is incorporated in collage 066. |
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743 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 270. | |||||
744 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Magdeburg Barracks at Theresienstadt April 11, 1942 5" x 3¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Magdeburské kasdrny |
English Translation Magdeburg barracks |
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745 Front - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein in Theresienstadt of Historically Significant Europeans Circa 1941-1945 6¼" x 9½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Helga copied images by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) including: John Chambers, Edward VI, Henry VIII, Thomas More, Cecily Heron (daughter of Thomas More), Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey), Portrait of an Unknown Woman, John Godsalve, Sir Richard Southwell | |||||
745 Back - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein in Theresienstadt of Historically Significant Europeans Circa 1941-1945 6¼" x 9½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Helga copied images by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) including: Earl of Southampton, Edward VI, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, The Lady Lister, John More (son of Thomas More), Dorothea Kannengiesser, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Charity in The Family of the Artist | |||||
747 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Statue at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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748 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Cleaning Supplies at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4¾" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 025 and 066. | |||||
749 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Shoes at Theresienstadt October 1942 11¾" x 8¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 066. | |||||
750 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Shoes at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 8¼" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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751 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Shoelaces at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech šnĕrování |
English Translation Lacing |
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752 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Personal Items at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 11" x 7" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Belt, glove, hat, two bags | |||||
753 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Personal Items at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6¾" x 7½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Coat with hat, glove | |||||
754 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Wagon or Cart at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 8" x 3.5" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collages 021 and 025. | |||||
746 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Hospital Transportation and Entrance at Theresienstadt September 1944 8½" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "Means of transportation in the hospital." "Entrance to the hospital." | |||||
755 - Decorated Book Cover by Helga Wolfenstein of Ghetto Terezín 1942-1943 Circa 1941-1945 7" x 7" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
[If you find errors in transcriptions or can improve on translations, please contact me.] | |||||
Original German & Latin Ghetto Terezin 1942-1943 Erdäpfel mit tunke [From Ovid's Remedia Amoris, lines 187-188] Pom(m)a dat autumnus Formosa est messibus aestas Ver praebet flores Igne levatur hiems. |
English Translation Ghetto Terezin 1942-1943 Potatoes with gravy [From Ovid's Remedies for Love, lines 187-188] Autumn brings fruit Summer is fair with harvest Spring gives flowers Winter is relieved by fire. |
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756 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of the Whisper Gallery at Theresienstadt February 6, 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
HW1 "The hall was a whisper gallery. In military times, one could overhear a whisper at a window bed [from] a bed in the center of the room, probably for prisoners and guards." | |||||
Original Czech Vrchlabské kasárny |
English Translation Vrchlabí barracks [used as central hospital; had bath, showers, swimming pool, and kitchen] |
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757 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Beds at Theresienstadt February 24, 1942 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "At first there were 4 nurses and Helga on double bunks." | |||||
758 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Bunks at Theresienstadt May 31, 1942 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "At first there were 4 nurses and Helga on double bunks. 10 women: Erna, Gusta, Marietta, Jeannette, Mina, Ully, Helga, Ornstein, Mariedl" [Note from JK2: Mina was Helga's mother Hermine Bondi Wolfenstein, Ully was Helga's aunt Julia Bondi Fleischerová, and Mariedl was Marianne Mandel-Fischel.] |
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Original Czech Dvojité postele "couche" |
English Translation Double bed "couch" |
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759 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Babies in Cribs at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5½" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Kojenci |
English Translation Babies |
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760 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Bunks at Theresienstadt August 1942 8½" x 11½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 060. | |||||
Original Czech Sudety sál |
English Translation Sudeten hall [in barracks originally for men] |
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761 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Bunks at Theresienstadt June 4, 1942 4¼" x 5¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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762 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt January 22, 1942 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Sudety |
English Translation Sudeten [barracks originally for men] |
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763 - Color Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt February 16, 1942 5½" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Vyhlidka z okna |
English Translation A view from the window |
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764 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt April 3, 1942 4½" x 5½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
MDCCCV [the year 1805] | |||||
765 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt April 14, 1942 5½" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece may be a different vantage point for 772 and 786. | |||||
766 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt April 11, 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 270. | |||||
767 - Drawing and Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Courtyard at Theresienstadt June 1, 1942 and May 29, 1941 5½" x 4½" and 4½" x 5½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Magdeburský dvůr ze záchodu [bad Czech] |
English Translation Court of Magdeburg from the bathroom [window] [barracks for the seat of the Council of Elders and the offices of the Jewish self-administration and a hall for cultural performances] |
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Hamburské kasárny | Hamburg barracks [for women and later Dutch inmates] | |||||
768 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Courtyard at Theresienstadt Circa June 5, 1941-1945 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Podmokelské |
English Translation Podmokly [barracks] |
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769 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of the Courtyard at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Hannover |
English Translation Hannover [barracks for men, included a kitchen] |
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770 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt June 19, 1942 5½" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Desinfekce |
English Translation Disinfection |
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771 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 5, 1942 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Brána k "Stabsgarten" |
English Translation Gateway to "Staff Garden" |
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772 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt Circa June 6, 1941-1945 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece may be a different vantage point for 764 and 786. | |||||
Original Czech Námĕstí bez baráků |
English Translation Square without dilapidated barracks |
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773 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt Circa June 17, 1941-1945 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech četnicka stanice |
English Translation Police station |
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774 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 4, 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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775 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 4, 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Ovčárna |
English Translation Sheep pen |
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776 - Color Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt July 5, 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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777 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Bakery at Theresienstadt July 22, 1942 5½" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Pekárna |
English Translation Bakery |
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778 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 22, 1942 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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779 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 22, 1942 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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780 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt July 22, 1942 5½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Kavalirka |
English Translation Kavalier [barracks for the old and insane] |
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781 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt June 1942 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German "Stabsgarten" |
English Translation "Staff Garden" |
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782 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 10" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "Court of the electricity department. All bulbs were registered. Other appliances (cookers, irons) strictly forbidden but used on the sly. Punished if detected." | |||||
783 - Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 3½" x 5¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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784 - Drawings by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5¾" x 6" and 4½" x 4¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 019. | |||||
785 - Pen & Ink Drawings by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 8¾" x 3¾" and 8¾" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "Outside of the 'Old Forge'. Roof -- walk with grass and bushes and chimneys" | |||||
786 - Pen & Ink Drawings by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 3" x 7½" and 4½" x 7½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece may be a different vantage point for 764 and 772. This piece is incorporated in collages 022 and 066. | |||||
787 - Pen & Ink Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece was probably done side-by-side with Peter Kien's 862. This piece is incorporated in 022. | |||||
788 - Pen & Ink Drawing by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 6¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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789 - Pen & Ink Drawings by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 8½" x 3" each © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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790 - Pen & Ink Drawings by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6½" x 4½" and 5¾" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
It may be the same site as 793 and Peter Kien's 861. | |||||
791 - Pen & Ink Drawings by Helga Wolfenstein of Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6" x 2¾" and 6" x 6" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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792 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original Czech Ze střechy Vrchlabovych |
English Translation From Vrchlabovych's roof [barracks used as central hospital; had bath, showers, swimming pool, and kitchen] |
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793 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Fortifications at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 6¼" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 019. It may be the same site as 790 and Peter Kien's 861. | |||||
794 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Hohenelber Hospital Nurses Room at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5¾" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in collage 021. | |||||
795 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 5¼" x 4¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German/Czech bašta, Freizeitgest Kaffeehaus, Zirkus |
English Translation bastion, freetime coffee house, circus |
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796 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Guard Tower at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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797 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Trees at Theresienstadt 1943 8½" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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798 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Trees at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 4½" x 5¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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799 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Trees at Theresienstadt September 30, 1943 11¾" x 6½" Signed © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
From HW1: "We had beautiful trees, changing with the season. They could not easily take them away." | |||||
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801 - Helga Wolfenstein's Illustrated Parody of Health Care at Theresienstadt -- Page 1 Circa 1941-1945 8½" x 12" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
[If you find errors in transcriptions or can improve on translations, please contact me.] | |||||
Original German
Die Schöpfungsgeschichte der Infektionsabteilung Im Anfang erschuf Dr. Munk die Marodenstuben und die Scharlachabteilung der Dresdner Kaserne. Und die Scharlachabteilung war wüst und leer und DER GEIST MUNKS SCHWEBTE UBER DEM GHETTO. Und Munk sprach. "Es werde das Krankenhaus und Siechenheim" - und es ward das Krankenhaus und Siechenheim. Und Munk sah, dass es gut war. Da schied Munk das Krankenhaus und Siechenheim von den anderen Gesundheitseinheiten. Und nannte das Krankenhaus und das Siechenheim EVl. Und es ward Abend und es ward Morgen, - EIN TAG |
English Translation
The Creation Story of the In the beginning Dr. Munk created the ailing parlors and the scarlet fever division of Dresdner barracks. And the scarlet fever department was without form and void, and THE SPIRIT HOVERED OVER MUNK'S GHETTO. And Munk said. "Let there be a hospital and hospice home". And it was the hospital and hospice home. And Munk saw that it was good. Munk's was different from the hospital and hospice home of the other health units. He called the hospital and the hospice home EVl. And there was evening and there was morning - DAY ONE |
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Und Munk sprach: "Es werde eine gemeinsame Krankenbetreuung im Ghetto und diese sei die Unterscheidung von den Arbeiten des "AK"." Und Munk machte die Krankenbetreuung und
SCHIED SO DIE ARBEIT DES "AK" VON DER SOZIALEN FUERSORGE.
Und Munk nannte die Krankenbetreuung "Gesundheitswesen". Und es ward Abend und es ward Morgen. DER 2. TAG
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And Munk said, "Let there be a common health care in the ghetto, and this is the differentiation of the work of the "AK"." And Munk made the health care DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORK OF THE "AK" AND OF THE SOCIAL PARENTAL CARE. And Munk called the sick care "health service". And there was evening and there was morning. THE 2ND DAY | |||||
Und Munk sprach: "Es sammeln sich die scharlach Patienten an einem bestimmten Ort, auf dass sie nicht infizieren die Ghettoinsassen". Und es geschah also. Und Munk sah, dass es gut war. Und Munk sprach:
"ES LASSE DIE SCHARLACHABTEILUNG EV1 BESETZT SEIN MIT SCHWESTERN DIE DIENST TUN JEDE NACH IHRER ART",
Tagdienst und Nachtdienst, Reinigungsdienst und Pflegedienst, ferner mit Aerzten und dergl. mehr. Und es geschah also.
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And Munk said, "Collect scarlet fever patients at a certain place, so they do not infect the ghetto inmates." And it was so. And Munk saw that it was good. And Munk said, "LET THE SCARLET FEVER EV1 DEPARTMENT BE STAFFED WITH NURSES WHO DO SERVICE EACH ACCORDING TO ITS KIND", day shift and night shift, cleaning services and maintenance services, and also with doctors and the like. More. And it was so. | |||||
Und die Scharlach Abteilung war besetzt mit Schwestern dicken und dünnen, fleissigen und trägen, zauberen und nachlässigen, mit Aerzten, jungen und alteren, Polak und Schlanger, jeder nach seiner Art. Und Munk sah, dass es gut war. Und es ward Abend und es ward Morgen - DER DRITTE TAG.
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And the scarlet fever department was staffed by nurses fat and thin, industrious and lazy, sloppy and magicians, with doctors, young and older, Polak and Schlanger, each after his kind. And Munk saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning - THE THIRD DAY. | |||||
Und Munk sprach: "Es werden Bonzen am Gesundheitswesen in Magdeburg, die da scheiden die administrativen Arbeiten V11/42 von den medizinischen". Und Munk machte zwei grosse Bonzen: EIN GROSSES LICHT--DR. FLEISCHMANNals Aufsicht über sämtliche Gesundheitseinheiten des Ghettos, UND DR. TARJANFEIN KLEINERES LICHT -- also Leiter des Krankenhauses und Siechenheims, dazu noch die Sterne: Klapp, Springer, Rainisch, usw. Und Munk setzte sie ins V11/42, dass sie betreuen und beraten Patienten, Aerzte und Schwestern und scheiden Kranke von Simulanten, Rekonvaleszenten von Tachinierern, Masern von Scharlach und Varizellen, Phlegmonen von Empiemen, Otitis media von Parotitis usw. Und Munk sah, dass es gut war. Und es ward Abend und es ward Morgen, DER 4. TAG. | And Munk said, "Bigwigs are on healthcare in Magdeburg, to divide the administrative work of the medical V11/42". And Munk made two big bosses: A GREAT LIGHT - DR. FLEISCHMANN as overseeing all health units of the ghetto, AND DR. TARJANFEIN SMALLER LIGHT - ie head of the hospital and hospice home, plus the stars: Folding, Springer, Rainisch, etc. And Munk somehow gave rise to the V11/42 that they support and advise patients, doctors and nurses, and to separate the sick from malingerers, convalescents from Tachinierern, measles from scarlet fever and chickenpox, cellulitis of Empiemen, otitis media, parotitis, etc. And Munk saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, THE 4TH DAY. | |||||
802 - Helga Wolfenstein's Illustrated Parody of Health Care at Theresienstadt -- Page 2 Circa 1941-1945 8¾" x 12" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
[If you find errors in transcriptions or can improve on translations, please contact me.] | |||||
Original German
Und Munk sprach: "Es fülle sich V11/42 mit Ordonnanzen, - Innenordonnanzen und Aussenordonnanzen, und ein Verwalter sorge für die Instandhaltung des Betriebes." Und Munk setzte ein Kars, den Partieführer und Arbeiter mit dem Kopfe und Meixner, den Mann mit der Pfeife, zum Holen der Menage und Preuss, den lächelnden Verwalter zur Beschaffung derselben, - jeglicher nach seiner Art und Nachschub-Bedürftigkeit. Und Munk segnete sie und sprach: "SEID FLEISSIG UNDSPEISET NICHT AUS DEN ESS KUEBELN DER PATIENTEN sondern holet 3-mal Nachschub und nur für euch. Verwehrt den Verkehr durchs Fenster, - wenn ihr keine Zigaretten bekomme, seil unbestechlich, - wechselt die Dienst - und Strassenkleidung, seid selbstlos und suchet euren Lohn in der eigenen Brust. Und es ward Morgen und es ward Abend -- DER FUENFTE TAG |
English Translation
And Munk said, "Fill V11/42 with orderlies - indoor orderlies and outdoor orderlies, and a manager takes care of the maintenance operation." And Munk began Kars, the game leaders and workers with their heads and Meixner, the man with the pipe, to fetch the cruet and Preuss, the smiling manager to procure the same, - each according to its kind and need replenishment. And Munk blessed them, saying, "BE DILIGENT AND NOT FEEDETH FROM ESS BUCKETS OF PATIENTS but holet 3-replenishment times and only for you. Denied the traffic through the window - if you can not get cigarettes, rope incorruptible, - changes the service - and street clothes, are selfless and seek your reward in his own breast." And there was morning and there was evening - THE FIFTH DAY |
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Und Munk sprach: "Es werde geschleust aus den Depots der Kasernen und den Koffern der Ankömmlinge Bettzeug und Essgeschirr, Gerät und Werkzeug für die Infektionsabteilung V11/42. Und es geschah also. Und Munk schickte auf V11/42 Militärbetten und Matratzen, Messer und Löffel, Kannen und Kübel, Leibschüsseln und Nachttöpfe aller Arten. Und Munk sah, dass es gut war. Und Munk sprach "Lasset uns einen Kinderarzt einsetzen, einen Arzt nach unseren Bildungsgange, der uns gleich sei, - der urteile über echtenScharlach und Polen-Scharlach, der beherrsche Schwestern und Ordonnanzen, Patienten und Rekonvaleszenten der Hohenelber Kaserne V11/42. Und er setzte ein Dr. Schmeidler. - Aber Munk sprach: "ES IST NICHT GUT, WENN DER MENSCH ALLEIN IST" under er gab ihm bei Professor Schleissner, - einem Doktor und einen Professor setzte er ein. Und er gab ihnen bei zu ihrer Unterstützung: Dr. Pollak, den scharlachältesten Arzt des Ghettos, den Seladon für Injektion, Dipron und Eleudron. | And Munk said, "Let there be smuggled from the depots of the barracks and the trunks of the new arrivals bedding and utensils, equipment and tools for the isolation ward V11/42. And it was so. And Munk sent to V11/42 military beds and mattresses, knives and spoons, pots and tubs, bowls and chamber pots of all kinds. And Munk saw that it was good. And Munk said, "Let us use a pediatrician, a doctor for our educational progress, of our likeness - the judgment on real scarlet and Poland-scarlet, the dominant nurses and orderlies, patients and convalescents the High Elber Barracks V11/42." He appointed Dr. Schmeidler. - But Munk said, "IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE MAN TO BE ALONE" unto him he gave Professor Schleissner, - a doctor and a professor, he began. And he gave them in their support: Dr. Pollak, the scarlet fever oldest doctor in the ghetto, the celadon for injection, Dipron and Eleudron. | |||||
Und Munk segnete sie und sprach: "Seid erfolgreich und rührig und leeret das Ghetto von Scharlach, auf dass da Platz werde für Typhus, Icterus und Diphterie. Herrschet über die Ordonnanzen in der Cvokarna, über den Verwalter in der Kanzlei, über den Bademeister im Heizraum, über den Wäschejuden in der Wäschanstalt und über die Schwestern auf den Lotterbetten. Und Munk sah alles, was er gemacht hatte und siehe, es war sehr gut. Und es ward Abend und es ward Morgen, - DER SECHSTE TAG | And Munk blessed them, saying: "Be successful and busy and empty the ghetto of scarlet fever, on that since space will in typhoid, jaundice and diphtheria. Have dominion over the orderlies in the Cvokarna, over the administrator in the office, over the lifeguard boiler room, over the Jews in the laundering of Wäschanstalt and over the nurses on the Lotter beds." And Munk saw everything that He had made and behold it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, - THE SIXTH DAY | |||||
Und also ward vollendet V11/42 mit ihrem ganzen Inventar. Und also vollendete Munk in sieben Tagen sein Werk, das er gemacht hatte. Und er nahm ein Bad und ruhete nun -- as oser -- von seinem Werk, das er gemacht hatte. Er segnete den 7. Tag und heiligte ihn, indem er auf die Idee kam, ihn zum pausenlosen 12-Stundentag zu machen für alle Zeiten, für Wochen, für Monate und für Jahre, denn er selber rastete nicht und ruhete nimmer von den Werken, die er gemacht hatte. | And so V11/42 was finished with its whole inventory. And so Munk completed his work in seven days. And he took a bath and rested now - as oser - of his work which he had made. He blessed the 7th day and made it holy by coming up with the idea to make non-stop 12-hour day for all time, for weeks, for months, for years, because he himself is not rested and never rests from his work. | |||||
803 - Watercolor Painting by Helga Wolfenstein of Female at Theresienstadt October 1942 5½" x 7" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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804a - Cover of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
PB3: "The poem is clearly an allegory - see the last illustration where the mother frog, in a matron's dress, with yellow star (and another yellow star on the banner) seems to be our grandmother [Hermine 'Mina' Bondi Wolfenstein]. The timid frog may be your mother [Helga Wolfenstein King], but I suspect it's intended to be Ully [Julia Bondi Fleischerová]. I remember her [Ully] telling me that Mina called her a coward, in an affectionate way, during their time in Terezin; Mina was (and had to be) a tough cookie!" | |||||
804b - Cover Page of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German Der optimistische Frosch |
English Translation The Optimistic Frog |
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804c - Watercolor Painting of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' (Page 1) by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German Zwei Frösche fielen in die Sahne: Da gab es kein rettndes Schilf noch Rohr, Da sah der eine zum Himmel empor, Da suchte der zweite nach einem Spane. |
English Translation Two frogs fell into the cream: There was no reed or cane to save them. Then one looked up to the heavens, And the other looked for a splinter. |
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804d - Watercolor Painting of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' (Page 2) by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German Da fühlte der eine wie er versank, Da wurde dem Frosch um sein Hasenherz bang, Da schickt er zum Froshgott den letzten Dank, Da schloss er die Augen und ertrank. |
English Translation Then one, as he sank, Became alarmed about his cowardly heart, And he sent his final thanks to the Frog God. Then he closed his eyes and drowned. |
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804e - Watercolor Painting of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' (Page 3) by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German Da verliess sich der andre auf sich allein, Da hob er sein schwimmbehäutetess Bein, Da hieb er auf die Sahne ein, Da sass er gar bald auf Butter wie Stein. |
English Translation Then the other had to rely on himself alone. Then lifted his swimming-skinned leg. He beat the cream. Soon he was sitting on stone-hard butter. |
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804f - Watercolor Painting of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' (Page 4) by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German Da fand der Milchtopf die Köchin Liane, Da spült sie ihn aus am gartentor, Da sprang der Tapfer gerettet empor, Der Feigling klebte in der Sahne. |
English Translation Then the cook Liane found the pot of milk, And poured it out at the garden gate, Then the brave, saved [frog] sprung up, The coward remained stuck in the cream. |
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804g - Watercolor Painting of Story/Poem Booklet 'The Optimistic Frog' (Page 5) by Helga Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt 1942-1943 3½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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Original German Fürs nächste Jahr hör meine Bitt: Schlag wieder einen Butterstein! Du schlägst ihn nicht für Dich allein, Du reisst mich zagen Feigling mit! |
English Translation For next year, hear my plea: Beat another block of butter! You are not beating it for yourself; You're dragging cowardly me along with you! |
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holocaust art by peter kien / petr kien |
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850 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Baker at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
A similar image appears in 880. | |||||
851 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Surgery at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 6½" x 8" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 023, 030, and 122. | |||||
852 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Surgery at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 7" x 9¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 060. | |||||
853 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Piano Recital at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8¼" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 069. | |||||
854 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Piano Recital at Theresienstadt (may be a photocopy) Circa 1941-1944 7½" x 8¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
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855 Front - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of the Theater at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¼" x 8" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 015, 069, and 194. | |||||
855 Back - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Woman at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8" x 11¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 030. | |||||
856 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of the Circus at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 7" x 9¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 015, 046, 069, and 122. | |||||
858 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Couple at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 270. | |||||
859 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Coat-Wearing Man at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 2½" x 3½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 015, 023, 046, 060, and 270. | |||||
739 - Satiric Cartoon by Peter Kien about Mock Plays at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1945 10½" x 2" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
From HW1: "One day Peter gave me a strip of cartoons (caricatures) depicting the way in which his libretto [for Der Tod dankt ab, renamed The Emperor of Atlantis] had gone through changes and how, in the end, the figure of Death became, in Peter's eyes, a skeletal ballerina in a straw skirt." This piece is incorporated in collage 046. [If you find errors in transcriptions or can improve on translations, please contact me.] |
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Original German - Der Tod dankt ab - ein Libretto - Erste Bearbeitung durch den Komponisten - Der Regisseur hat viele gute Ideen - Zensur - Letzte weihe - Uraufführung |
English Translation - Death Abdicates - a libretto - First editing by the composers - The director has many good ideas - Censorship - Last consecration - Premier |
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860 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien in Lovers' Code at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 1" x 4" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Helga and Peter wrote in a lovers' code. | |||||
861 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 2" x 3" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
It may be the same site as in Helga Wolfenstein's 790 and 793. | |||||
862 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 3" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece was probably done side-by-side with Helga Wolfenstein's 787. This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 021. | |||||
863 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of People Getting Food at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 021. | |||||
864 - Watercolor Painting by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Men Pushing a Tank at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 020, 046, and 270. | |||||
865 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Mines and Mine Workers at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 015. | |||||
866 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Workers Digging with Shovels at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¼" x 8" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
It may be the same site as 876. This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 015 and 020. | |||||
867 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Gaunt Male Inmate at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8½" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 029. | |||||
868 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Gaunt Male Inmate at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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869 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Man's Back at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 4½" x 4½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
Dedicated to 'Ferl' which is short for 'Wolferl' meaning little wolf. This was Peter Kien's pet name for Helga Wolfenstein. | |||||
870 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Dapper Jewish Man at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8" x 11½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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871 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Wagons at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 10¾" x 8" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 021. | |||||
872 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of Landscape and a Horse at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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873 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of People Sharing a Bench Under a Tree at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8" x 6" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 122. | |||||
874 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Landscape with a Dramatic Sky at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8" x 6½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 122. | |||||
875 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of People Walking Beneath Trees at Theresienstadt 1941 8½" x 11½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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876 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Tunnel at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11½" x 8¼" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
It may be the same site as 866. This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 022. | |||||
878 - Drawing by Peter Kien / Petr Kien of a Factory at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8¾" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 020 and 046. | |||||
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881 - Drawing attributed by HW1 to Bedřich Fritta 'Encephalitis' of Hermine 'Mina' Bondi Wolfenstein at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 8¾" x 11¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Private collection of Peter M. Barber |
Helga's mother was the strict "Matron of the Ghetto Hospital for Infectious Diseases" in Theresienstadt. This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collage 082. |
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877 - Drawing by Jospier / Jo Spier of a Landscape at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 11¾" x 8½" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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882 - Watercolor Painting by Jospier / Jo Spier of Winter Railroad Tracks at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 4½" x 7" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
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883 - Drawing by Otto Ungar of a Weary Couple at Theresienstadt Circa 1941-1944 7" x 9¾" © Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. Collection of Yad Vashem Art Museum |
This piece is incorporated in Helga Wolfenstein's collages 027 and 122. |
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HW1: Information from Helga Wolfenstein King | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JK2: Information from Helga's daughter Judy King | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PB3: Information from Helga's nephew Peter Barber |
© Copyright 2012-2024 Helga Wolfenstein King and her heirs. All rights reserved. |