George Zielezinski
These drawings, for the most part in charcoal, were done by Polish Artist and Dachau Concentration Camp Survivor, George Zielezinski, who was a political prisoner.
The drawing were made in 1946 after liberation. Originals are 16 inches x 12 inches in size. Zielezinski’s style is highly impressionistic and has a high aesthetic value even though he deals with the horrors of the camp, including the treatment of new arrivals, beatings and torture, the attraction of committing suicide by throwing oneself against the electric fence and even the camp elites among prisoners. Zielezinski challenges the viewer to ask which is more “authentic” in describing the fate of victims in the lager---photographs or drawings?
 Title page-cover, 1393 |
 Title page, 1394 |
 List of Illustrations in Folio, 1395 |
 Descriptive text on photography versus art, 1396 |
 Artist by Chance: Reflections on the artist (in French), 1397 |
 Transport, 1398 |
 The New Arrival, 1400 |
 Before the Bath, 1401 |
 I am Hungry, 1403 |
 Night Shift, 1404 |
 When will it be my turn?, 1405 |
 Foreman, 1406 |
 Punishment, 1407 |
 Suicide, 1408 |
 If Only!, 1409 |
 Work is Liberty!, 1410 |
 Garroted, 1411 |
 Delerium, 1412 |
 Shadows is the square, 1413 |
 The Capo, 1414 |
 I am cold!, 1415 |
 The Women's Roll Call, 1416 |
 The Hospital, 1417 |
 Small Criminal, 1418 |
 The Prominents, 1419 |
 The Shot, 1420 |
 To the Wall, 1421 |
 Evacuation, 1422 |
 Strange Incident, 1424 |