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Reproductions after his drawings from the concentration camp. With a foreword by Prof. Mr. R. P. Cleveringa (probably Henri Pieck himself) - Het Centrum Publishers, The Hague - A simple paper cover with the reproductions on loose sheets - Text in Dutch and English. - 32 pages - Size: 22.5 x 34 cm - In good condition. Signs of wear at the corners and edges. Back of folder a bit dented. Shortly after the war, an edition with separate drawings appeared in the Netherlands, made by the ex-Buchenwald prisoner Henri Pieck (1895-1972). Immediately after the war, he developed many of these drawings from sketches that he secretly made in the camp. In the Second World War he was a prominent member of the communist resistance organization De Vonk in The Hague. The illegal magazines De Waarheid and De Vonk were stenciled in his studio. He was arrested on June 9, 1941. He was in the prison of Scheveningen (Oranjehotel) until March 1942, after which he was transported via camp Amersfoort to the concentration camp Buchenwald where he stayed until 1945. Henri Pieck was a Dutch visual artist, communist, spy and resistance fighter. He was the twin brother of the well-known artist Anton Pieck.
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