Object numberM2006/010
Creator Ernest Morgan (artist)
DescriptionPen and ink drawing by Ernest Morgenstern (Ernest Morgan) depicting a punishment scene of a flogging by a Kapo using a cane, in the barracks of a concentration camp. Bunk beds filled with prisoners are on both sides. The drawing is unsigned and undated. A typed label, in German, stuck to the reverse states: "This is a daily, but even worse nightly occurrence in every Concentration Camp. The excuse for their crude ordering us around, by the leadership of the Block and their submissive helpers, is to maintain discipline."
A lawyer by profession, Ernest was born on 29 June 1910 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He was deported with his parents to Theresienstadt in January 1942. Because he had been an officer in the Czech army, he became a member of the Ghetto Watch in Theresienstadt, until it was dissolved in 1943. He learnt to draw, and with materials smuggled in with various transports by his non Jewish fiancé, Trudy, he began to document life in Theresienstadt. Just before he was deported to Auschwitz, his drawings were hidden; they were recovered after liberation.
A lawyer by profession, Ernest was born on 29 June 1910 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He was deported with his parents to Theresienstadt in January 1942. Because he had been an officer in the Czech army, he became a member of the Ghetto Watch in Theresienstadt, until it was dissolved in 1943. He learnt to draw, and with materials smuggled in with various transports by his non Jewish fiancé, Trudy, he began to document life in Theresienstadt. Just before he was deported to Auschwitz, his drawings were hidden; they were recovered after liberation.
Subjectdrawing (art), holocaust art, punishments
Object namedrawings
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- length: 300.00 mm
width: 220.00 mm
Language
- German Note on the back of the drawing:
Restitution.
This is a daily, but even worse nightly occurrence in every Concentration Camp.
The excuse for their crude ordering us around, by the leadership of the Block and their submissive helpers, is to maintain discipline.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection