Album page [LCID: 20047rz7]
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Beifeld album page illustrating military events

(Top) A map dated August 1942 showing the area of the late summer skirmishes between Hungarian and Soviet forces. It also shows the crucial bend in the Don River near the town of Uryv, where the fateful Soviet breakthrough occurred in January 1943. (Bottom) "Fairy tale nights along the Don River, August 1942." [Photograph #58058]

Critical Thinking Questions

What was the context of the Holocaust and World War II when Beifeld created the illustrations that were later assembled into the album?

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What other source materials might be helpful to provide more historical context for this album? What aspects of the history might these other source materials help reveal?

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art artists forced labor Hungary Soviet Union albums
  • Courtesy of the estate of George Byfield
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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