Art of the Holocaust (The horrors of the Holocaust reflected in art)

Art of the Holocaust

By Janet Blatter

Published by Rutledge Press, Copyright 1981

Physical Description: Hardcover Book with Jacket, 272 Pages, illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm

Summary: The horrors of the Holocaust reflected in art work created in or depicting the ghettos, transition, prison of war, and concentration camps where millions were systematically murdered. 

Contents: Preface, by Irving Howe Historical introduction, by Henry Friedlander Art from the whirlwind, by Janet Blatter The legacy of Holocaust art, by Sybil Milton ch. 1. The first response, 1933-1939 ch. 2. The ghettos: Bialystok ; Kovno ; Nisko ; Warsaw ; Lodz ; Theresienstadt ch. 3. Transit camps: Rumania ; France ; Belgium ; Hungary ; Holland ; Italy ch. 4. Prisons and POW camps ch. 5. The illegals: in hiding and as partisans ch. 6. Concentration camps: Buchenwald ; Ravensbrück ; Hinzert, Waldheim, Flossenbürg ; Stutthof ; Mauthausen ; Dachau ; Auschwitz ; Sachsenhausen ; Dora ; Bergen-Belsen ; Falkensee, Gross Rosen Neuengamme ; Maidanek ; Sobibor ; Death march ch. 7. The first observers ch. 8. Memory Key to abbreviations The artists: biographies Sources for text quotations Museums and memorials Bibliography