Staging Point (Polish: Punkt etapowy) is one of five drawings depicting the life of children in the Warsaw ghetto[2] in the collection of the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw.[1] The author of the drawings is an unknown draftsman, but they are signed "Rozenfeld". The drawing was made, most probably, between autumn and winter of 1941 and commissioned as part of the Ringelblum Archive - which has been inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 1999.[3]
| Staging Point | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Punkt etapowy | |
 | |
| Artist | Rozenfeld |
| Year | 1941 (?) |
| Medium | ink, charcoal and pastel on paper |
| Dimensions | 20.0 cm × 15.8 cm (7.9 in × 6.2 in) |
| Location | Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw |
| Accession | ARG 581 Ring I/277_1[1] |
The drawing is set at 5/7 Stawki Street, which was used to hold Jewish children arrested by the "Blue police" outside the ghetto district.[4] The "staging point" was the place where arrested children would wait for their parents, who were obliged to pay a fine. Orphans would instead be sent to an orphanage.[5]
The drawing depicts a group of seven children arrested by the Jewish Ghetto Police for the crime of smuggling food.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Cykl pięciu rysunków Rozenfelda przedstawiających miejsca i sceny z życia getta warszawskiego". Centralna Biblioteka Judaistyczna. Central Jewish Library. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ Barry Smerin (2012-01-01). Dziennik Getta - rysunki: z Podziemnego Archiwum Getta Warszawskiego / Ghetto diary - drawings : from the Warsaw Ghetto Underground Archive. Warszawa: [Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma]. ISBN 9788361850090. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "Staging Point | Rozenfeld (name remains unknown)". www.europeana.eu. Europeana. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "Rękopis Rozenfelda". Centralna Biblioteka Judaistyczna. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ Urzykowski, Tomasz; Żuchowski, Piotr (2012-07-21). "Poruszające rysunki z getta: na wszystkich widać dzieci". Gazeta Wyborcza.
- ^ Tadeusz Epsztein; ŻIH (corporate author) (2011). Inwentarz Archiwum Ringelbluma. Warsaw: Żydowski Inst. Hisotryczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma. p. 261. ISBN 9788361850489.
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External links
- Rozenfeld's drawings in Central Jewish Library