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  6. Portrait of a Woman, 1944

Portrait of a Woman, 1944

by Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková)

Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková) (1882–1944), Portrait of a Woman, Terezin Ghetto, 1944
Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková) (1882–1944), Portrait of a Woman, Terezin Ghetto, 1944

Pencil on paper

Collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem
Gift of Miriam Novitch, Israel

Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková) (1882–1944), Portrait of a Woman, Terezin Ghetto, 1944
Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková), (1882, Prague – 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau)
Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková), (1882, Prague – 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau)

National Archives Czech Republic, Prague (S 307/8)

Malva Schalek (Malvína Schalková), (1882, Prague – 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau)
Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum

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