Physical description
Mounted watercolour, ink and pencil on paper.
Inscriptions & markings
Signed and dated on right image (LR): "Pali Schwarz 1943" UL image: Reinigungdienst [Cleaning Squad] CL image: Auskunftei des Orientierungsdienstes B.V. [Information and Orientation Booth- Magdeburger Barracks]
Other Inscriptions: LL image: Eigene Aufwarmekuche in L124 [Private kitchen for warming up food in L124] Image on right: CIII. Frauen-Kaserne/Hamburger/Haupteingang: Allabendlicher Abscheid: Wenn's 20 Uhr Wird [CIII. Women's Barracks/Hamburger/ Main entrance: Nightly farewells at 8 pm]
References
- Jewish Museum of Australia online collection entry
- Jewish Museum of Australia - The Theresienstadt Collection This collection was donated to the Jewish Museum of Australia by Mrs Regina Schwarz, an internee at Theresienstadt during World War II. Her husband, Paul Schwarz, was responsible for sketching almost half of the 142 pictures contained in the collection. Paul lived and worked alongside fellow artist Leo Löwit in the internment camp in Theresienstadt. In October 1944, both men were transported to Auschwitz, where they were later exterminated. Regina remained in Theresienstadt until liberation in 1945. She rescued these drawings and carried them with her on journeys to both Britain and Australia. They were donated to the Museum in 1979.
