Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting a prisoner being shot for trying to escape when a Kapo actually knocked him out of a line of prisoners moving along the perimeter fence at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were originally ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting guards watching a group of prisoners, during an abusive exercise period, on their hands and knees being attacked and punished by Kapos and dogs at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were ...

Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting a truckload of dead prisoners being carried in to the crematorium in September 1944 at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting a guard watching six individual prisoners being punished by standing outside in the snow and cold until they collapse at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were originally created in secret ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting prisoners wrapped in blankets in a barrack being selected for an unknown labor detail by a Kapo and ghetto police officers at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: ...

Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting desperate prisoners struggling to scoop and eat soup that has been spilled on the ground at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Portfolio cover for a set of secretly created prisoner sketches from Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, which were reproduced, engraved, and published in 1946. The originals were created by Henri Gayot and the introduction was written by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. The sketches depict daily camp life and prisoner abuse, particularly ...

Henri Gayot (1904–1981) was born in Panilleuse, France. His father was a veteran of World War I (1914-1918) and both parents were teachers. Henri obtained a degree as an art teacher in 1930. He taught at Fromentin Normal School in La Rochelle, where he lived with his wife and two sons. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and France declared war on Germany. Henri was mobilized into the ...

Contains information about the experiences of Nina Kaleska in Auschwitz and her thoughts on Jewish-Christian relations in the years since the Holocaust. Also included is a copy of a love poem in German written during the Holocaust.