The Dachau Album Project

Background

A survivor of the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany spent
two years, following the liberation of the camp, as an interpreter
for the American Army officers there. Upon his departure, he had
in his possession a leather-bound personalized ‘album’ of
Dachau artifacts. This album is now being revealed to the public
for the first time ever.

The album consists of historically significant artifacts, including
hundreds of photographs, a swatch of a prisoner’s uniform, several
Nazi uniform patches and 30 hand drawn original illustrations
depicting a sequential narrative of life and death in Dachau.
These never before seen drawings were created by an artist,
who it is speculated was a prisoner, although, so far, no record
has been found to indicate whether this artist survived Dachau,
and if so where he or she may have gone.

Following the illustrations is an extensive series of authentic
first print photographs from Dachau depicting life and death in
the camp during the war, the liberation and postwar life.
This album was kept by the survivor until his suicide in 1972, at
which point it was safeguarded by his children. It has been
protected all these years until his daughter recently decided to
share this important artifact with the world.
The survivor’s daughter contacted The National Center for
Jewish Cultural Arts, and together they intend to bring this
incredible new Holocaust discovery to light.

For further information, contact:
Avi Hoffman - Executive Director
The National Center for Jewish Cultural Arts, Inc.

E-mail: avi@2jewish.org

Click Here to link to Associated Press article.

Click Here to link to Arthur Max NewsVine.com discussion and Blog

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