Physical description
Mounted ink and wash on paper.
Inscriptions & markings
Handwritten (LR): Löwit
Other Inscriptions: Center, inscribed on a wall: "Ich habe mehere Nächte darüber nachgedacht - und bin nun endlich auf eine hervorragende Idee gekommen - das Problem der imme anwachsenden Insassenanzahl im Ghetto zu lösen es wird notwending sein: (1) die Insassen schichtenweise quer uber einander zu legen, was bei einer durchschnittlichen Hohe der Raume von etwa 3m ganz besonders günstig sein durfte --- und (2) schlage ich vor, während der Winter monate alle Boden in heizbare Raume zu verlegen" [I have pondered for many nights and have finally come up with a great idea for the problem of the ever-increasing population of the ghetto. It will be necessary: (1) to stack the inmates at right angles on top of each other which should prove particularly useful in rooms approximately three meters high, and (2) I suggest that during the winter months all attics be made into rooms that can be heated] Center, inscribed on a selection of files: "GHETTO AUFBAU ROBERT MUNORY" [Ghetto Construction, Robert Munory]
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.
