Round-up for the Gas Chambers

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Creator

Mrozewski, Stefan

Dates

[ca. 1954-1956] (indexed as 1954–1956)

Level

item

Extent

Print : paper : woodcut : ink : b&w ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 9 1/4 in.

Scope & content

Black ink on white paper. Outdoor scene with ghetto buildings in the background and a large number of people divided in two groups with 6 German soldiers in between them. In the foreground one can see a woman holding a baby in her arm and holding another child by the hand as well as a man carrying a young girl in his arms. People are running in all directions. This print refers to round-ups performed by the German soldiers to select people to be deported from the ghetto to the death camps. Narrative: All 16 of the prints in this series depict life of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Printmaker, book illustrator and painter, Stefan Mrozewski was born in Czéstochowa, Poland. Mrozewski's prints are in permament collections of several public art collections in Europe and North America. The artist was married to Irena Blizinska. An ardent patriot, he was a volunteer in the Polish Army in the war against the Soviet Union in 1920, as well as during the Second World War when he served in Armia Krajowa, the clandestine Polish Home Army.

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2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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