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Friedl Dicker-Brandeis was a famous artist and educator from Austria. When she was imprisoned in the Terezín Ghetto, she taught drawing classes to the children also imprisoned. She did not want to teach the children to be artists in the sense that their work had to be perfect, rather she wanted them to be creative and emotional while also improving their social intellect. Because of this ideology, these paintings provide value that differentiates from what adult paintings depict because these paintings are most likely reflections of pure emotion, due to the nature of Children's artwork and Friedl's teaching style. This way of teaching also had a large therapeutic effect on the children and allowed them to express their creativity and be children. She saved 4387 drawings from Terezín. She preserved these drawings by hiding them in two suitcases in the ghetto before she was murdered at Auschwitz, along with many of the artists of these pieces.

"Children's Drawings from the Terezín Ghetto." Jewish Museum in Prague, www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/collection-research/collections-funds/visual-arts/children-s-drawings-from-the-terezin-ghetto/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2023.

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Oasis/By a swimming pool by Jindřiška (Ina) Habalová (4/25/1944)

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Oasis/By a swimming pool by Jindřiška (Ina) Habalová (4/25/1944)

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The definition of an oasis is "a pleasant or peaceful area or period in the midst of a difficult, troubled, or hectic place or situation". An emotion often depicted in children's artwork at the time is hope because is was prominent in many of these children's minds. I view this piece as an expression of hope that the future will be better. Jindřiška Habalová survived.

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Butterflies by Marianna Langová (1943-1944)

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Butterflies by Marianna Langová (1943-1944)

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This piece shows a universal childhood experience and it looks like something we could have drawn. Pieces like this can help connect us to these children.

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Herta is the one known survivor of Gertrude's students. Her mother helped her escape to America in 1940, she made the trip alone. She was put into foster care and wrote to her mother often. Her mother stopped writing in 1941. Herta later found out her mother was deported on September 14, 1942, to the Maly Trostinets concentration camp and was murdered 4 days later. She was 7 when she left Austria.

"Americans in the Holocaust." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/personal-story/herta-griffel. Accessed 6 Mar. 2023.

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Memories of home Heinrich Brössler (1943-1944)

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Memories of home Heinrich Brössler (1943-1944)

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This piece exemplifies reuniting and coming home. This piece allows a window into life before the Holocaust and the hope that it would resume. Heinrich Brössler survived.

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This artwork features Shabbat candles and a Star of David. Shabbat candles are lit every Friday in Jewish tradition to bring in the Jewish Sabbath. Sabbath is the day of rest on the 7th day of the week in Jewish culture, Saturday. It commemorates God resting on the 7th day after the creation. The Sabbath is incredibly important in Jewish culture. Its importance is heavily reflected in the Talmud and Midrash as both works confirm the significance of the Sabbath to the faith of Judaism and the Jewish people. The Talmud and Midrash are interpretive writings held very highly in the Jewish faith.
“The Sabbath.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/topic/Judaism/The-Sabbath.

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Landscape with a river and two figures by Soňa Fischerová (1943-1944)

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Landscape with a river and two figures by Soňa Fischerová (1943-1944)

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This is an example of the value of children's art's ability to depict prominent emotions in children. This one may represent, abandonment, loneliness, confusion, separation, helplessness, or any combination of those.

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This drawing is of a sukkah. Sukkahs are huts used in Jewish culture for the holiday of Sukkot. Jewish people stay in these huts for the week of Sukkot to represent Israelites staying in huts for 40 years after escaping enslavement in Egypt. Sukkot is a pilgrimage festival in Jewish tradition.  This piece also has a star of David.
"What Is a Sukkah?" My Jewish Learning, www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-sukkah/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2023.

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Sukkah for the Holiday of Sukkot with the star of david 

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This piece features a figure sitting at a table with a dreidel and a menorah. This drawing was made by a Jewish Austrian child.

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Gertrude Winter was a first and second-grade teacher in Vienna. During the Holocaust, many school teachers that were imprisoned in the Ghetto's taught drawing classes to the children. 35 children who were students of Gertrude and who made these artworks or writings can be identified by their names. 27 were deported. There is one known survivor named Herta Griffel who moved to the United States. Gertrude was murdered in Auschwitz.

"Gertrude Winter Collection." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn608029. Accessed 6 Mar. 2023.

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Many of the students of Gertrude Winter depict Jewish culture and traditions in their pieces. In a time when their world was trying to degrade them and make them ashamed of their identity, these children show pride in being Jewish. Children's artwork from this time depicting Jewish culture is so powerful because it depicts emotions in such a raw sense. The children did not think of this piece as a rebellion or a statement, they just drew with joy and pride in being Jewish at a time when the rest of the world wanted to exterminate that. This piece has the star of David and a Menorah.