Deportation to Death

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Deportation to Death

1942

Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969) Printed by Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

After Mexico declared war on Germany in May 1942, a group of left-wing German exiles in Mexico established the anti-Nazi publishing house El Libro Libre (The Free Book). With financial support from the government, they published El libro negro del terror nazi en Europa (The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe), a collection of documentary photographs, statistical charts, and firsthand accounts of Nazi atrocities written by refugees. El libro negro also included small-sized reproductions of original drawings and prints, such as Méndez's large linocut Deportation to Death, which is one of the earliest known attempts by an artist to call attention to the Nazi concentration camps of World War II.

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Object Details

Titles:

Deportation to Death

Date:

1942

Artists:

Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969) Printed by Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City

Medium:

Linocut

Dimensions:

Image: 13 13/16 × 20 1/16 inches (35.1 × 51 cm) Sheet: 18 3/4 x 27 inches (47.6 x 68.6 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll, 1943

Accession Number:

1943-35-13

Geography:

Made in Mexico, North and Central America

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