1. … .I never saw another butterfly… Children’s Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

2. Eli Bachner Saad Bashir Franta Bass Emily Blume Anna Buchanan Josef Bauml Rhea Chatterjee Jiri Beutler Micah Collins-Thomas Milan Biennenfeld Reagan Dyson Frantisek Brozan Nathan Fechheimer Eva Bulova Anna Kate Foshee Taylor Griffith Ruth Cechova Mason T. Jones Petr Fischl William Leverett Liana Franklova Will Miller Pavel Friedman Alice Peck Marika Friedmanova Evan Shirreffs Gabriela Freiova Virginia Weir Hana Grunfeldova Aaron Wilson Hanus Hachenburg Wanangwa Zgambo Elly Hellerova Aidan Bell Sam Brewster Jana Hellerova Morgan Campbell Eva Heska Haidee Chen Will Divers Petr Holzbauer Caroline Doherty

3. Irena Karpelesova Richard Ferguson Hana Erika Karplusova Maisha Imam Hana Kohnova Joe Jordan Hanus Klauber Raleigh Lumpkin Hana Kohnova Matthew Mastandrea Miroslav Kosek S.L. Mitchell Marianna Langova Erik Norstedt Nina Ledererova Seamus Rosenberg Ana Sherer-Estevez Anna Lindtova Maria Silva Hana Lissauova Aurora Bunten Helena Mandlova Helen Chen Kurt Mayer Lewis Clarke Eva Meitnerova Caroline Colley Josef Novak Mary Glenn Dillard Kitty Marketa Passerova Caroline Fenno Eva Pickova Isabel Godfrey Dita Polachova Morgan Grace Josef Pollak Josh Havens Ruth Schacterova Nathan Iyer Helena Schanzerova Steven Jackson Eva Shurova Kathryn Johnson Mason B. Jones

4. Nely Silvinova Alexander Larsen Fleming Smith Pavel Sonnenschein Jason Papadopoulos Sona Spitzova Alex Waugh Sam Thompson Alena Synkova Aidan Black Erika Taussigova Savannah Brock Tommy Ward Sonja Waldsteinova Alette Duan Petr Weidmann Morgan Ferguson Hannus Weinberg Adam Hearn Doris Weiserova Suzanne Herrin Alfred Weisskopf Hayden Hudson Helga Weissova Hayden Lanzilotta Ilona Weissova Grace McWhorter Zuzana Winterova Hunter McWilliams Caroline Robinson Eva Wollsteinerova Dominique Rucker Duncan Sligh

9. Josef Bauml was born on March 13, 1931. He was deported to Terezin from Prague on July 16, 1942. Josef’s creation is a pencil and colored pencil of people at work. Work , completed in pencil and colored pencil on paper by Josef Bauml.

11. Jiri Beutler was born on August 9, 1932. He was deported to Terezin on September 18, 1942. Jeri completed a pencil drawing of a Nazi threatening a Jew.

12. Terezin That bit of filth in dirty walls, And all around barbed wire, And 30,000 souls who sleep Who once will wake And once will see Their own blood spilled. I was once a little child, Three years ago, That child who longed for other worlds. But now I am no more a child For I have learned to hate. I am a grown-up person now, I have known fear. Bloody words and a dead day then, That’s something different than bogeymen! continued on next slide….

13. But anyway, I still believe I only sleep today, That I’ll wake up, a child again, and start to laugh and play. I’ll go back to childhood sweet like a briar rose, Like a bell that wakes us from a dream, Like a mother with an ailing child Loves him with aching woman’s love. How tragic, then, is youth that lives With enemies, with gallows ropes, How tragic, then for children on your lap To say: this for the good, that for the bad. Continued on next slide…

15. Milan Biennenfeld was born in Prague on March 28, 1930 and deported to Terezin on October 24, 2942. He has 2 pencil sketches included in the collection of children’s art from Terezin, where he was a member of class 10. He lived in boys’ dormitory II at Terezin. His piece below is entitled “Study of Leaves,” a black watercolor done on tinted paper.

17. Frantisek Brozan was born on December 13, 1932, in Stankov and deported to Terezin on November 30, 1942. He is represented in this collection by three drawings and a pencil sketch. He lived in house number 10 at Terezin Sketch of a Child’s Hand , drawn by Frantisek on the reverse side of a pencil sketch.

19. Eva Bulova was born on July 12, 1930 at Revnice near Prague and brought to Terezin on September 12, 1942. She is represented by 12 drawings. Her most interesting drawing is a collage called “Portrait of a Woman with Long Hair.” At Terezin, she lived in house number 28. Detail of a watercolor entitled Butterflies , painted on the reverse side of a piece of glossy yellow paper.

21. Ruth Cechova was born in Brno on April 19, 1931 and brought to Terezin on March 19, 1943. She has 13 more drawings, pastel, watercolors and pencil sketches included in this collection most of which are dated between April and June 1944. At Terezin, Ruth lived in house number CIII and was a member of Group I. Below is a watercolor entitled Garden, completed on tinted paper.

29. Marika Friedemanova was born on April 19, 1933 and deported to Terezin on August 3, 1942. There are 23 more of her drawings in the collection. One of them was dated 1944. She lived in building L410, house 13. This detail is from a larger drawing entitled Flowers with Butterfly.

33. Hana Grunfeldova was born on May 20, 1935, place unknown, and deported to Terezin on December 14, 1941. She had 10 drawings included in the collection. She lived in Block IV at Terezin. Hana’s piece is a watercolor of a dwelling in Terezin. Dwellings in Terezin , watercolor on tinted paper.

37. But anyway, I still believe I only sleep today, That I’ll wake up, a child again, and start to laugh and play. I’ll go back to childhood sweet like a briar rose, Like a bell that wakes us from a dream, Like a mother with an ailing child Loves him with aching woman’s love. How tragic, then, is youth that lives With enemies, with gallows ropes, How tragic, then for children on your lap To say: this for the good, that for the bad. Continued on next slide…

38. Somewhere, far away out there, childhood sweetly sleeps, Along that path among the trees, There o’er that house That was once my pride and joy. There my mother gave me birth into this world So I could weep… In the flame of candles by my bed, I sleep And once perhaps I’ll understand That I wa such a little thing, As little as this song. These 30,000 souls who sleep Among the trees will wake, Open an eye And because they see A lot They’ll fall asleep again… Hanus Hachenburg IX, 1944

39. Elly Hellerova was born in Prague on September 15, 1930 and deported to Terezin on December 22, 1942. Nine of Elly’s drawings from the first half of 1944 belong in this collection. She belonged to group IV. Elly created Man on a Boat , shown below; a pastel on tinted paper.

41. Jana Hellerova was born on February 3, 1938 in Prague and deported to Terezin on July 15, 1943. She was the youngest pupil in Terezin “school”. She has two pencil sketches in the collection. Jana created a pencil drawing on writing paper of little girls; she signed the piece in the top left hand corner.

44. Eva Heska was born in Prevov on May 29, 1931 and deported to Terezin on June 26, 1942. Twenty drawings of hers are in the Terezin children’s collection, dating from February to May 1944. She lived in house number 13 at Terezin and belonged to Group IV. The pencil drawing below is entitled Paradise-Forbidden Fruit .

46. Petr Holzbauer was born on January 29, 1932 and deported to Terezin from Prague on December 22, 1942. Petr drew a pencil drawing of a deportation train. The name of the artist is incorporated into the flowing waters of a river.

49. Irena Karpelesova was burn in Prague on December 30, 1930 and deported to Terezin on December 22, 1942. She has 27 drawings included in this collection reflecting life in Terezin and its environs. At Terezin, Irena lived in house number 13 and belonged to group A. She drew a picture of a menorah in pastels on yellow paper.

51. Hana Erika Karplusova was born on January 4, 1930 and arrived at Terezin on April 4, 1942. She was a student of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. Hana created a pastel and pencil drawing of a faraway house.

53. Ela Kestlerova was born in Prague on July 23, 1933 and deported to Terezin on April 28, 1942. She is represented with 5 drawings in this collection. In Terezin, she stayed in house number 13 and belonged to Group I. Detail of sky in “Landscape with Trees” “ Landscape with Trees”, Drawing in pencil and pastels on reverse of semi-glossy yellow paper.

55. Hanus Klauber was born on May 12, 1932 and deported to Terezin from Plzen on January 18, 1942. He made a paper cutout with brown paint of a man with a mustache.

58. Hana Kohnova was born on July 7, 1931 and deported to Teezin from Prague on December 14, 1941. She completed a watercolor of a house in Terezin on shiny paper.

62. Marianna Langova was born in Prague on February 27, 1932 and deported to Terezin on July 2, 1942. The collection of children’s art from Terezin contains 15 of her drawings dated between April and May 1944. She lived in house number 13 at Terezin and belonged to group IV. Marianna painted a watercolor of a house with a garden on the back side of shiny red paper.

64. Nina Ledererova was born September 7, 1931 in Prague and deported to Terezin on September 8, 1942. She has 10 drawings in the collection of Children’s art from Terezin. They date from April to May 1944. She was a member of Group II. Her last drawings were done on May 9, 1944. Nina’s piece is a watercolor of a girl looking out of the window on tinted paper.

66. Anna Lindtova was born on March 19, 1930. She was deported to Terezin from Prague on May 12, 1942. She wrote a poem entitled Campfire , included on the next slide. “ Figure with Bandage and Caricature of a Man,” pencil drawing on tinted paper, no name.

68. Hana Lissauova was born on February 4, 1931 in Lany and deported to Terezin on February 25, 1942. She has 23 drawings in the collection, mostly pencil sketches. This collage is entitled Fantasy and was created using pasted paper from office forms. She lived in house number 28 while in Terezin.

73. Kurt Mayer was the second son to be born to Walter and Frieda Mayer on September 26, 1926. He was a welcome addition to a large extended family, including his then three year old brother, Hans. The Walter Mayer family owned a small stationery store in Neuwied, Germany about a block from the Rhine River. (There is a McDonald’s in the area now where the store used to stand…) The family lived above the stationery store. The extended family was involved in dairy farming and from all accounts were working class people, close-knit with aunts, uncles, cousins, etc… “ Flowers in a Vase ,” collage of cut paper and office ledger paper painted over with tempera, signed “Kitty Passerova.

74. At Terezin When a new child comes Everything seems strange to him. What, on the ground I have to lie? Eat black potatoes? No! Not I! I’ve got to stay? It’s dirty here! The floor—why, look, it’s dirt, I fear! And I’m supposed to sleep on it? I’ll get all dirty! Here the sound of shouting, cries, And oh, so many flies. Everyone knows flies carry disease. Oooh, something bit me! Wasn’t that a bedbug? Here in Terezin, life is hell And when I’ll go home again, I can’t yet tell. Teddy L410, 1943

79. Kitty Marketa Passerova was born on September 4, 1929 and deported to Terezin from Prague on December 8, 1943. Kitty made a collage of cut paper and office ledger paper painted over with tempera paint. This piece is Flowers in a Vase.

81. Eva Pickova was born in Nymburk on May 15, 1929 and deported to Terezin on April 16, 1942. She wrote a poem entitled “Fear”, included on the next slide. “ The Courtyard,” watercolor and ink on used paper, signed in pencil on lower right corner, “H II Sonnenschein.”

83. Dita Polachova was born on July 12, 1929. She was deported to Terezin on November 20, 1942. Dita created a watercolor of a building at night.

85. Josef Pollak was born on January 27, 1933 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. Below is a detail of a pencil drawing that shows a gate, dated 1944.

86. The Closed Town Everything leans, like tottering, hunched old women. Every eye shines with fixed waiting And for the work “when?” Here there are few soldiers. Only the shot-down birds tell of war. You believe every bit of news you hear. The buildings now are fuller, Body smelling close to body, And the garrets scream with light for long, long hours. This evening I walked along the street of death. On one wagon, they were taking the dead away. Why so many marches have been drummed here? Why so many soldiers? Then A week after the end, Everything will be empty here. A hungry dove will peck for bread. In the middle of the street will stand An empty, dirty Hearse. Anonymous

89. Helena Schanzerova was born in Prague on November 3, 1933, and deported to Terezin on July 30, 1942. She has 7 drawings in the collection. At Terezin, Helena lived in building CIII, House number 13 and belonged to group I. Helena’s piece, below, is a watercolor on gray paper of dancing children.

90. Untitled I’ve met enough people. Seldom a human being. Therefore, I will wait— until my life’s purpose is fulfilled and you will come. Though there is anguish deep in my soul— what if I must search for you forever?— I must not lose faith, I must not lose hope. Alena Synkova

93. Nely Silvinova was born in Prague on December 21, 1931 and deported to Terezin on August 10, 1942. She has 17 drawings included in this collection. At Terezin, Nely lived in house number 14 and belonged to Group V. She was a student of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. Nely’s watercolor is an abstract on the cover of a sketchbook.

95. Pavel Sonnenschein was born on April 9, 1931. He was deported to Terezin on July 9, 1942. His work below is a watercolor and ink of a courtyard on used paper.

99. Alena Synkova was born in Prague on September 24, 1926 and deported to Terezin on December 22, 1942. Her poem, “I’d Like To Go Alone,” next slide, was found written on a scrap of yellowed paper with her name on the back in ink. “ Nazi Threatening a Jew ,” pencil drawing on paper, signed on back “ Beutler, Jiri, 2 32 .”

101. Erika Taussigova was born in Prague on October 28, 1934 and deported to Terezin on December 17, 1941. She is represented in the collection with 16 drawings, most of them pastels and watercolors. From careful inspections of inscriptions on her drawings, we learn that Erika lived in house number CIII and later block IV. She dedicated one of her drawings, “Heart with a Horseshoe,” to her teacher, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. Erika’s piece shown to the right is a pencil and watercolor drawing of a room with a bunk bed.

111. Alfred Weisskopf was born on January 24, 1932 in Prague and deported to Terezin on December 22, 1942. He has 7 drawings in this collection of children’s art from Terezin, and these are the most interesting because they take their themes from Terezin itself and its environs. He lived in building L417 and house number 10. On the back of a glossy red paper, Alfred drew a pencil sketch of a ghetto guard.

113. Helga Weissova was born in Prague on November 10, 1929. she was deported to Terezin at age 12 with her mother and father. Too old to participate in children’s drawing classes, she drew independently and also illustrated a book written by her father. Helga created an ink and watercolor drawing of someone checking for lice.

116. Ilona Weissova (female) was born on March 6, 1932 and deported to Terezin from Prague on December 14, 1941. Ilona created a pencil drawing of an ambulance.

118. Zuzana Winterova was born on January 27, 1933, in Brno, and deported to Terezin on April 11, 1942. She is represented in the collection of children’s drawings from Terezin by pastel drawings and a sketch. The image below is of a man holding a newspaper with an incorrectly written inscription, Tagesbehfel, which is an official Terezin bulletin. It’s a detail from a larger drawing entitled Scenes from Life at Terezin completed in pencil and pastel crayon on semi-glossy yellow paper.