- Object Name:
- Calendar
- Artist/Maker:
- Arthur (Asher) Berlinger
- Bio:
- German, 1899-1944
- Fabricator:
- Wilhelm Toch
- Bio:
- Czech, 1879-1944
- Title:
- Jewish Calendar for the Year 5704
- Place Made:
- Theresienstadt (Terezín), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic)
- Date:
- 1943/44
- Medium:
- Leather; ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 5 × 3 3/8 in. (12.7 × 8.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- The Jewish Museum
- Accession Number:
- X1986-329
Not On View
This Jewish calendar was created by Arthur Berlinger, one of the many Jewish artists the Nazis deported to the Theresienstadt camp-ghetto. Despite horrific conditions, many prisoners tried to keep their faith in secret. Decorated with the zodiac on its cover, the calendar also includes two full-page illustrations. One of them shows a man praying at a synagogue with walls that are decorated with stars—a depiction of the hidden prayer room at Theresienstadt, whose interior Berlinger painted.
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