West Barrack
Not on view
Date1944-01 - 1944-10
Mediumpastel or crayon on paper
Dimensionsoverall: 8 7/16 in x 11 3/4 in
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Herman and Gerda Korngold
Object number2642.89
Object DescriptionExterior of wooden West Barrack, with trees and figures. Signed and dated bottom left corner PL 44. On reverse in pencil: #59.NotesPeter Loewenstein, brother of Gerda Korngold, was born in 1919 in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia; grew up in Litomerice (Leitmeritz). He attended Charles University in Prague for engineering. Loewenstein was deported to Terezin (transport # AK 1, 361) fall 1941, where he worked in the technical department, executing drawings in pen and ink and watercolor. He was deported to Auschwitz 1944 where he perished. See MJH newsletter March 1990.
