The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Macabre depiction of an experimental medical procedure being carried out on a woman by SS medical staff. The woman is on an operating table and being held down by two soldiers while a doctor in a blue surgical gown carries out the procedure. In the right of the image a senior SS officer watches on with pleasure. In the lower left behind the surgical team is another female victim lying naked except for a blanket. She is unconscious or dead. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. A title in Polish with an alternative English and French title is printed bottom centre, beneath the image, in gold ink. Unlike some of the other prints in this edition the Polish title is different to the other two. It translates as ' Torturers / researchers at Ravensbruck' whilst the English and French titles are ' Science gives a hand..'. Ravensbruck was a German concentration camp for women (1939-1945) located 9o kms north west of Berlin. The drawing refers to horrific medical experiments carried out on up to 74 Polish women (largely political prisoners) at Ravensbruck on orders of the Gestapo's medical division.
The original drawing reproduced in this offset lithograph was created by Polish artist Stanislaw Toegel (1905-1953) while held in a German labour camp at Gotteningen.
A grotesque SS officer, wearing a monocle, sends a civilian woman to her death. The officer is in the centre of the image and is holding the woman by her hair. A whip hangs off his right arm. The woma
Caricature of Adolf Hitler performing a Nazi salute. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. The title in Polish with English and French translation is printed bottom centre, beneath the image
A cowering Hitler is embraced by a skeletal figure in a blood red cape. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. A title in Polish with an English and French translation is printed bottom centre,
Depiction of an SS officer torturing a man in a basement by hanging him up by his nose. The man is identified by the artist in the English title as Jan Blazejowski and his torture lasted 8 days. The p
Caricature of SS General Erich vom dem Bach (1899-1972), Commander of all German forces suppressing the Warsaw Uprising of August - October 1944, selecting works of art as 'trophies' to take back to G
Macabre depiction of two SS officers torturing and interrogating a young girl. In the lower left corner is inscribed in black ink in Polish ' SS Mani - Rycerstwo - I Chluba narodu niemieckiego' which