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Yizkor
Yizkor

Yizkor

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Date1946
Dimensions20 1/2" x 14 1/2" (poster) 23" x 16 1/2" (on mat)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit Linenone
Object number727.98
Object DescriptionThe word "Yizkor" at top (Hebrew for remembrance) is flanked by the dates 1940-1945. At bottom, written in Hebrew words, for he who avenges will remember. Candles to the left and right stand in blood, while each of the figures forming the number 6,000,000 contains images depicting the unfolding destruction of European Jewry: the creation of sealed ghettos under German guard; the hardships endured by ghetto dwellers; the deportation of Jews to death camps; uniformed prisoners and their sufferings; heaped bodies and the crematoria; and, in the last figure, apparently a composite view showing the destruction of the world that was, including its libraries, schools and synagogues.
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  • Posters and Announcements
Keywords
  • Hebrew
  • Memorials
  • DP camps
  • Zeilsheim
NotesCreated in West Germany under Allied military rule shortly after the war and when Jewish refugees were crowding into Displaced Persons camps, Schuldenrein's poster of remembrance is one of the earliest expressions of Holocaust commemoration. artist's statement, translation from German by Roman Pfeiler: P. Schudenrein Artist – Graphic artist Zeilsheim, Frankfurt a. M. Alt-Zeilsheim 74 Hereby I present a watercolor picture, which represents the fate of the Jewish people in Europe during the years 1939 to 1945. This Yizkor picture shows the following features: If you look at it from a distance you can see the number 6 000 000 appear out of a sea of blood. Dripping candles are burning on both sides. If you have a closer look at the numbers you can see the Nazi persecution in its various states from the beginning to the end. 1) The Jews are imprisoned in the Ghetto; they are wearing a yellow David star in the front and behind. Wehrmacht and police are guarding the entrance. 2) The Jews during slave labor. 3) Depicting hunger, coldness and destitute and its consequences 4) Adults and children are being led out of the ghetto: their last march 5) Concentration camps; the C.C. prisoner; the annihilation. 6) The crematorium; corpses 7) Over the abased Jewish sanctuaries shines the sun. I devoted the energy of a whole year for this task and I tried to overcome all technical and material problems. Prints are available. Artist – graphic artist

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