A scarecrow with a yellow Jude star

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Overview
Artist:
Henryk Ross
Polish, 1910 - 1991
Title
A scarecrow with a yellow Jude star
Date
1940-1941
Medium
35 mm cellulose nitrate negative
Dimensions
Overall: 17.8 x 12.9 cm (7 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Object Number
2007/1957.21
Type of object
Negative
Description
"The scarecrow too has to carry the yellow star." - Henryk Ross
Extended Label
On December 11, 1939, the Nazis decreed that all Jews in Lodz had to wear yellow Stars of David on the fronts and backs of their clothing. Disobedience was punishable by imprisonment.
Exhibitions & Publications
Published References
Sutnik, Maia Mari. Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross. Exhibition Catalogue. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015, pg. 71
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