Album page [LCID: 20043n5a]
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Beifeld album page showing houses used as officers quarters

In a drawing dated April 14, 1942, Beifeld shows houses in Csobanka (Szentendre district), Hungary, where the Hungarian military officers assigned to the labor service company were quartered before their departure for the Ukraine. [Photograph #57949]

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?

What questions does this album raise for you?

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 albums
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Courtesy of the estate of George Byfield

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