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Children's Drawings from the Terezín Ghetto, 1942-1944
The Jewish Museum in Prague JMP Explore Permanent collection Children’s Drawings from the Terezín Ghetto, 1942-1944 Children’s Drawings from the Terezín Ghetto, 1942-1944 The exhibition is on the first floor of the Pinkas Synagogue The story of children deported to the Terezín ghetto Comprised of 19 sections, this exhibition outlines the story of Jewish children deported to the Terezín ghetto during the Second World War. In 1941–1945, Terezín served as a way station to the concentration and death camps in the east. The story begins with reflections on the events immediately following 15 March 1939, when Bohemia and Moravia were occupied by the Nazis and transformed into a Protectorate. This is followed by a description of transports to the Terezín ghetto (starting on 24 November 1941), everyday ghetto life and the conditions in the children's homes. There are also depictions of holiday celebrations and of the dreams that the imprisoned children had of returning home or of travelling to Palestine. This section provides a sort of poetic interlude between the brutal uprooting from their homes and deportation to Auschwitz, which is the final and most tragic chapter of the whole story. Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and art classes in Terezín The story is depicted through children’s drawings which were created in the Terezín ghetto between 1942 and 1944. These drawings were made during art classes that were organized by Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), a painter, interior and stage designer, graduate of the Bauhaus, and pupil of Franz Čížek, Johann Itten, Lyonel Feininger, Oskar Schlemmer and Paul Klee. -
Aftermath: Accounting for the Holocaust in the Czech Republic
Aftermath: Accounting for the Holocaust in the Czech Republic Krista Hegburg Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERISTY 2013 © 2013 Krista Hegburg All rights reserved Abstract Aftermath: Accounting for the Holocaust in the Czech Republic Krista Hegburg Reparations are often theorized in the vein of juridical accountability: victims of historical injustices call states to account for their suffering; states, in a gesture that marks a restoration of the rule of law, acknowledge and repair these wrongs via financial compensation. But as reparations projects intersect with a consolidation of liberalism that, in the postsocialist Czech Republic, increasingly hinges on a politics of recognition, reparations concomitantly interpellate minority subjects as such, instantiating their precarious inclusion into the body po litic in a way that vexes the both the historical justice and contemporary recognition reparatory projects seek. This dissertation analyzes claims made by Czech Romani Holocaust survivors in reparations programs, the social work apparatus through which they pursued their claims, and the often contradictory demands of the complex legal structures that have governed eligibility for reparations since the immediate aftermath of the war, and argues for an ethnographic examination of the forms of discrepant reciprocity and commensuration that underpin, and often foreclose, attempts to account for the Holocaust in contemporary Europe. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 18 Recognitions Chapter 2 74 The Veracious Voice: Gypsiology, Historiography, and the Unknown Holocaust Chapter 3 121 Reparations Politics, Czech Style: Law, the Camp, Sovereignty Chapter 4 176 “The Law is Such as It Is” Conclusion 198 The Obligation to Receive Bibliography 202 Appendix I 221 i Acknowledgments I have acquired many debts over the course of researching and writing this dissertation. -
The Europe Trip
TEMPLE ISAIAH • HERITAGE JOURNEY TO PRAGUE, KOLIN AND BERLIN • LED BY CANTOR LISA DOOB GE JOURN A 2 0 2 0 E IT 2 3 , Y R 6 - E 1 i l H r H p A IA A S I E THE L P EUROPE M E TRIP T TOLL FREE 888-811-2812 | Search on arzaworld.com for more details 888.811.2812 New York: 500 7th Ave | 8th Floor | New York, NY 10018 Prague: Soukenicka 1194/13 | 110 00 Prague 1 | Czech Republic Jerusalem: 19 Washington Street | P.O. Box 71047 | Jerusalem, Israel 9171000 Tel Aviv: 6 Beit Hillel Street | Tel Aviv, Israel 6701709 YOUR TOUR EDUCATOR Every journey we offer is accompanied by a Tour Educator (TE) who brings your itinerary to life. Some of our TE’s have decades of firsthand experience leading people to particular places. Your TE will provide you with an authentic understanding of the locations you will visit, will introduce you to the locals, and will share his/her enthusiasm and passion for the local culture. The result is a journey that transforms your understanding of a place, connecting you to the people and places you encounter in a way that is palpable and unforgettable. Our TE's are like no other: intelligent, knowledgeable, engaging and fun. They will become an indispensable part of your experience and some might just become lifetime friends. OUR TRIP APRIL 16-23, 2020 FROM $2,995 LAND ONLY HIGHLIGHTS A journey of inspiration and education Connect to Jewish history in Prague, Kolin, and Berlin Bauer Villa, Prague's Castle District, and Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate: European gems Explore Czech and European art Shabbat in Prague Outstanding service with expert tour educator DAY 1 DEPARTURE were buried here. -
Czech Republic Today
Rich in History 1 2 Magic Crossroads Whenever European nations were set in motion, they met in a rather small area called the Czech Republic today. Since the early Middle Ages, this area was crossed by long trade routes from the severe North to the sunny South; at the beginning of the first millennium, Christianity emerged from the West, and at its end communism arrived from the East. For six hundred years, the country was an independent Czech kingdom, for three hundred years, it belonged among Austro-Hungarian Empire lands, and since 1918 it has been a republic. In the 14th century, under the Bohemian and German King and Roman Emperor Charles IV, as well as in the 16th century under the Emperor Rudolf II, the country enjoyed a favourable position in European history and also played a great role internationally in the arts and in social affairs. In 1989, the whole world admired the Czechoslovak “velvet revolution” lead by charismatic dramatist Václav Havel, which put an end to socialist experimentation. Numerous famous architects, who built Romanesque churches in Germany but were no longer commissioned to build in their home countries due to the coming Gothic period, succeeded there; at the same time, the French type of Gothic architecture took root in Bohemia. A number of Italian Renaissance or Baroque architects, painters and sculptors, who crossed the Alps to find new opportunity for creating master works and look for well-paid jobs, were hired by members of Czech nobility and clergy; astonished by the mastery of Czech builders and craftsmen with whom they cooperated, they created wonderful castles and breathtaking Catholic churches. -
I.G. Farben's Petro-Chemical Plant and Concentration Camp at Auschwitz Robert Simon Yavner Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons History Theses & Dissertations History Summer 1984 I.G. Farben's Petro-Chemical Plant and Concentration Camp at Auschwitz Robert Simon Yavner Old Dominion University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds Part of the Economic History Commons, and the European History Commons Recommended Citation Yavner, Robert S.. "I.G. Farben's Petro-Chemical Plant and Concentration Camp at Auschwitz" (1984). Master of Arts (MA), thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/7cqx-5d23 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/27 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the History at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1.6. FARBEN'S PETRO-CHEMICAL PLANT AND CONCENTRATION CAMP AT AUSCHWITZ by Robert Simon Yavner B.A. May 1976, Gardner-Webb College A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS HISTORY OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY August 1984 Approved by: )arw±n Bostick (Director) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Copyright by Robert Simon Yavner 1984 All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT I.G. FARBEN’S PETRO-CHEMICAL PLANT AND CONCENTRATION CAMP AT AUSCHWITZ Robert Simon Yavner Old Dominion University, 1984 Director: Dr. Darwin Bostick This study examines the history of the petro chemical plant and concentration camp run by I.G. -
The Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History at the Breman Museum
THE CUBA FAMILY ARCHIVES FOR SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORY AT THE BREMAN MUSEUM Mss 381, Wittenberg Family Papers Box 1, File 29 Travel journal – Africa, 1995 ANY REPRODUCTION OF THIS MATERIAL WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CUBA FAMILY ARCHIVES IS STRICLY PROHIBITED ● ● ● Cuba Family Archives 62 •4: Travel Journal AFRICA JOURNAL ENTRIES OJt -1 ~~~~~~~~ (-~~~~~~~~~~- Cuba Family Archives 64 •-.: Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA •"¥ 65 \ Cuba Family Archives " 66 •'J: Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA- •-.: 67 JOURNAL ENTRIES 1 I I· ' Cuba Family Archives Travel Journal AFRICA •'J.: 69 Cuba Family Archives 70 •;,: Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA •4: 71 JOURNAL ENTRIES JOURNAL ENTRIES Cuba Family Archives 72 ·~ Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA ·~ 73 JOURNAL ENTRIES JOURNAL ENTRIES ; Cuba Family Archives 74 ·~ Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA ·~ 75 JOURNAL ENTRIES Cuba Family Archives 76 •4• Travel Journal AFRICA Cuba Family Archives 78 •4t Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA •'.it: 79 Cuba Family Archives 80 ·4: Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA •'J/ 81 JOURNAL ENTRIES Cuba Family Archives 82 ·~ Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA ·~ 83 JOURNAL ENTRIES Cuba Family Archives 84 ·~ Travel Journal AFRICA Travel Journal AFRICA ·~ 85 JOURNAL ENTRIES JOURNAL ENTRIES Cuba Family Archives AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATIIBAL IDSTORY FAMILY SAFARI JULY 1995 PARTICIPANT UST Mr. Allyn Arden New York, NY Mr. Charles Boyer ~ f -~ c l ' · ~ ?,..,u ,..,,.. -~ ~· ,J - " , / Prospect, KY Ms. Ruth Compton Washington, DC Mrs. Phyllis Ellis Evanston, IL Master Dai tie! Mariner Shaven ·wn, PA Mrs. Clar;1 Friedman New Ynrk, NY Mr. Jonath;.n Friedm~·1 Scarsd'\le, NY Dr. -
Whole Dissertation Hajkova 3
Abstract This dissertation explores the prisoner society in Terezín (Theresienstadt) ghetto, a transit ghetto in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. Nazis deported here over 140, 000 Czech, German, Austrian, Dutch, Danish, Slovak, and Hungarian Jews. It was the only ghetto to last until the end of Second World War. A microhistorical approach reveals the dynamics of the inmate community, shedding light on broader issues of ethnicity, stratification, gender, and the political dimension of the “little people” shortly before they were killed. Rather than relegating Terezín to a footnote in narratives of the Holocaust or the Second World War, my work connects it to Central European, gender, and modern Jewish histories. A history of victims but also a study of an enforced Central European society in extremis, instead of defining them by the view of the perpetrators, this dissertation studies Terezín as an autarkic society. This approach is possible because the SS largely kept out of the ghetto. Terezín represents the largest sustained transnational encounter in the history of Central Europe, albeit an enforced one. Although the Nazis deported all the inmates on the basis of their alleged Jewishness, Terezín did not produce a common sense of Jewishness: the inmates were shaped by the countries they had considered home. Ethnicity defined culturally was a particularly salient means of differentiation. The dynamics connected to ethnic categorization and class formation allow a deeper understanding of cultural and national processes in Central and Western Europe in the twentieth century. The society in Terezín was simultaneously interconnected and stratified. There were no stark contradictions between the wealthy and majority of extremely poor prisoners. -
Visitor Regulations of the Jewish Museum in Prague, a Common Interest Group
Visitor Regulations of the Jewish Museum in Prague, a common interest group of legal entities, listed in the Association Register at the Municipal Court in Prague under Entry No. L 59006, Business ID number: 60459263, registered seat: U Staré školy 141/1, Josefov, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic. Section 1 Definition of terms 1) For the purposes of the Visitor Regulations of the Jewish Museum in Prague (hereinafter referred to as "the Visitor Regulations"), the Jewish Museum in Prague (hereinafter referred to as "the Museum") refers to the following sites (address in brackets): Maisel Synagogue (Maiselova 10, Prague 1–Josefov), Pinkas Synagogue (Široká 3, Prague 1–Josefov), Old Jewish Cemetery (Široká 3, Prague 1–Josefov), Klausen Synagogue (U Starého hřbitova 3, Prague 1–Josefov), Ceremonial Hall (U Starého hřbitova 3, Prague 1–Josefov), Spanish Synagogue (Vězeňská 1, Prague 1–Josefov), Robert Guttmann Gallery (U staré školy 3, Prague 1–Josefov), Information and Reservation Centre (Maiselova 15, Prague 1–Josefov), Department for Education and Culture in Prague (Maiselova 15, Prague 1–Josefov), Department for Education and Culture in Brno (třída Kpt. Jaroše 3, Brno), (hereinafter referred to as "Museum sites", or individually as a "Museum site"). Together, these sites comprise the premises of the Museum. 2) "Museum site" refers to any site of the Jewish Museum in Prague that may be visited during opening hours. 3) "Visitor" refers to any person who has met the conditions set out in the Visitor Regulations for visiting a site of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Section 2 Opening hours 1) The Museum sites are open: Winter: 9 a.m. -
Jewish Synagogues in Prague
Kedma: Penn's Journal on Jewish Thought, Jewish Culture, and Israel Volume 2 Number 4 Fall 2019 Article 5 2018 Photo Collection: Jewish Synagogues in Prague Miriam Minsk University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/kedma Part of the Jewish Studies Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Religion Commons This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/kedma/vol2/iss4/5 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Photo Collection: Jewish Synagogues in Prague Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License This photography is available in Kedma: Penn's Journal on Jewish Thought, Jewish Culture, and Israel: https://repository.upenn.edu/kedma/vol2/iss4/5 Photo Collection: 3 Jewish Synagogues in Prague, October 2019 Miriam Minsk 1 2 1. The ark inside the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague. The synagogue was built in 1535 and is no longer in use. The former synagogue is now a memorial to the Jews from the Bohemian lands who were killed in the Holocaust. 2. The walls of the Pinkas synagogue are filled with the names of the Jews from the Bohemian lands who died in the Holocaust. The memorial was created between 1955 and 1960. 3. The arks in the Maisel Synagogue (left) and the Klausen Synagogue (right) in Prague, both of which are now museums that hold old Jewish artifacts. 4. The outside of the Maisel Synagogue in Prague. The synagogue was first built in 1592 but was rebuilt many times. -
The Ancient Josefov Jewish Quarter in Prague
Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture Volume 11, Number 3, March 2017 (Serial Number 112) David Publishing David Publishing Company www.davidpublisher.com Publication Information: Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture is published monthly in hard copy (ISSN 1934-7359) and online (ISSN 1934-7367) by David Publishing Company located at 616 Corporate Way, Suite 2-4876, Valley Cottage, NY 10989, USA. Aims and Scope: Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, a monthly professional academic journal, covers all sorts of researches on structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, underground engineering, engineering management, etc. as well as other issues. Editorial Board Members: Dr. Tamer A. El Maaddawy (Canada), Prof. San-Shyan Lin (China Taiwan), Dr. Songbai Cai (China), Prof. Vladimir Patrcevic (Croatia), Dr. Sherif Ahmed Ali Sheta (Egypt), Prof. Nasamat Abdel Kader (Egypt), Prof. Mohamed Al-Gharieb Sakr (Egypt), Prof. Marina Traykova (Bulgaria), Prof. Olga Popovic Larsen (Denmark), Prof. George C. Manos (Greece), Dr. Konstantinos Giannakos (Greece), Pakwai Chan (Hong Kong), Chiara Vernizzi (Italy), Prof. Michele Maugeri (Italy), Dr. Giovanna Vessia (Italy), Prof. Michele Di Sivo (Italy), Prof. Valentina Zileska-Pancovska (Macedonia), Dr. J. Jayaprakash (Malaysia), Mr. Fathollah Sajedi (Malaysia), Prof. Nathaniel Anny Aniekwu (Nigeria), Dr. Marta Słowik (Poland), Dr. Rafael Aguilar (Portugal), Dr. Moataz A. S. Badawi (Saudi Arabia), Prof. David Chua Kim Huat (Singapore), Dr. Ming An (UK), Prof. Ahmed Elseragy (UK), Prof. Jamal Khatib (UK), Dr. John Kinuthia (UK), Dr. Johnnie Ben-Edigbe (UK), Dr. Yail Jimmy Kim (USA), Dr. Muang Seniwongse (USA), Prof. Xiaoduan Sun (USA), Dr. Zihan Yan (USA), Dr. Tadeh Zirakian (USA), Dr. Andrew Agapiou (UK). Manuscripts can be submitted via Web Submission, or e-mailed to [email protected] or [email protected]. -
Temporary Exhibitions
[email protected] TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS “My Cup of Kafka… ” Drawings, Prints and Paintings by Jiří Slíva The very popular exhibition of work by the graphic artist and illustrator Jiří Slíva at the Jewish Museum’s Robert Guttmann Gallery came to a close on 27 January 2019. Over the course of 11 months, it was seen by as many as 52,274 visitors. On view were a number of drawings, colour lithographs, etchings, pastels and several oil paintings on Slíva’s favourite subjects – Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, the Golem, Jewish customs and symbols and biblical motifs, as well as other works inspired by Jewish writers. Jaroslav Róna – "Drawings from Elsewhere…" On Wednesday 6 March 2019, the Robert Guttmann Gallery hosted a preview of a new exhibition of work by the artist Jaroslav Róna (b. 1957), a founding member of the famous Czech art group Tvrdohlaví (The Stubborn). The subject of this exhibition is a set of Róna’s Drawings from Elsewhere from 2012–2018, which gives us an opportunity to delve more deeply into the artist’s world and ideas. Róna works in the fields of painting, sculpture, graphic art, drawing, mosaics, set design and stained glass. His drawings are an inseparable component of his work. They are the indispensable means of recording, seeking, shaping, and formulating new ideas and myths. All of Róna’s artworks convey a story, whether from the distant past or some future world, or whether about an entire civilization or an individual life. In this way, they differ from the purely visual or aesthetic visions of modern art concepts. -
An Organizational Analysis of the Nazi Concentration Camps
Chaos, Coercion, and Organized Resistance; An Organizational Analysis of the Nazi Concentration Camps DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Thomas Vernon Maher Graduate Program in Sociology The Ohio State University 2013 Dissertation Committee: Dr. J. Craig Jenkins, Co-Advisor Dr. Vincent Roscigno, Co-Advisor Dr. Andrew W. Martin Copyright by Thomas V. Maher 2013 Abstract Research on organizations and bureaucracy has focused extensively on issues of efficiency and economic production, but has had surprisingly little to say about power and chaos (see Perrow 1985; Clegg, Courpasson, and Phillips 2006), particularly in regard to decoupling, bureaucracy, or organized resistance. This dissertation adds to our understanding of power and resistance in coercive organizations by conducting an analysis of the Nazi concentration camp system and nineteen concentration camps within it. The concentration camps were highly repressive organizations, but, the fact that they behaved in familiar bureaucratic ways (Bauman 1989; Hilberg 2001) raises several questions; what were the bureaucratic rules and regulations of the camps, and why did they descend into chaos? How did power and coercion vary across camps? Finally, how did varying organizational, cultural and demographic factors link together to enable or deter resistance in the camps? In order address these questions, I draw on data collected from several sources including the Nuremberg trials, published and unpublished prisoner diaries, memoirs, and testimonies, as well as secondary material on the structure of the camp system, individual camp histories, and the resistance organizations within them. My primary sources of data are 249 Holocaust testimonies collected from three archives and content coded based on eight broad categories [arrival, labor, structure, guards, rules, abuse, culture, and resistance].