P. 71- Collection of Blanka Tauber, artist, native of Hungary and Holocaust survivor

P. 71- Collection of Blanka Tauber, artist, native of Hungary and Holocaust survivor
 
 The artist, Blanka Tauber was born in Somorja, Hungary, in 1910. She studied drawing and graphics at the Art Academy in Prague and exhibited her works in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Israel and the United States. She lived in Israel from 1950 until her death [in 1989] and was one of the founders of the Safed Artists' Colony.
 
 Tauber and her family, among them her sister, Dr. Julia Tauber, were deported to Auschwitz. A large part of the Collection pertains to Julia Tauber.
 
 There is documentation in the Collection regarding the Holocaust, along with documentation concerning Blanka Tauber's artistic activities.
 
 Included in the documentation in the Collection there are 12 improvised letters written in pencil on pieces of paper. The letters were written in Hungarian and are difficult to read due to erosion. The first letter is from 18 August 1944. From this collection of letters and other documentation in the Collection, it appears that Julia Tauber worked as a physician in Auschwitz, and thus was able to help the members of her family and other inmates.
 
 In addition to documents in the Collection there are also 12 notebooks of sketches depicting the transit camp set up by the Jewish community in the Jewish Hospital in Budapest.
 
 In the Collection there are also photographs, copies and reproductions of the works by Blanka Tauber that were transferred to the Yad Vashem Museum.