Wohnraum

Not on view

Datec. 1946 - 1964

Dimensions12 x 16 in.; 30.48 x 40.64 cm

ClassificationsPrint

Credit Linenone

Object number111.97

Object Description[Living Room] The etching was done, postwar, by Leo Haas based on his experiences and earlier work done while he was interned at Terezin. Two sides of a building are visible. In the front, once a store front, through a broken window can be seen people sitting around, heads hung low. Along the sidewalk, in front walks a blind or just old man with a cane. He is wearing a suit, hat and an armband. He is approaching a young child who appears to be undernourished and practically naked, sitting on the ground. On the side of the building two men are busy with a dead body that has been put on a stretcher and covered. Probably done in East Germany.

Keywords

German
Ghettos
Children
Starvation
Germany

NotesThe following thoughts have been translated (by Frank Furth) from Haas' own words in Terezin/Theresienstadt, published by Eulenspiegel Verlag Berlin, 1971. "Whoever died, left behind at least two or three spaces. That is how for a time 75,000 and more could be taken in, in a town for 5,000 people. Also in drawers, which had no function anyhow. Same as in all the occupied states. The Commander's office ordered here as well that name plates be bilingual."

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