Petr Ginz
Petr Ginz | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 September 1944 | (aged 16)
Cause of death | Gassed to death |
Resting place | Auschwitz concentration camp, Oświęcim, Poland |
Occupation(s) | Diarist, writer |
Known for | Paintings and writings |
Petr Ginz (1 February 1928 – 28 September 1944) was a
Life
Ginz was the son of Otto Ginz, the manager of the export department of a Prague textile company and a notable
According to the anti-Jewish laws of the
The breadth of his interests, abilities, and character are shown by his remaining writings and by the testimonials of friends who survived. He was interested in literature, history, paintings, geography, sociology, and the technical fields. The magazine Vedem was published every Friday for two years.[2]
Petr was assigned to one of the last transports to Auschwitz concentration camp from Terezín. He was murdered in the gas chambers in 1944. His diary has been published in English under the name: The Diary of Petr Ginz 1941–1942.
Vedem
The magazine was founded shortly after his arrival at Terezín in 1942. Besides Ginz, several other boys from the Domov č.1. also contributed. Petr Ginz became a chief editor and he contributed under the code name nz or Akademie (Academy). One of his closest collaborators was Hanuš Hachenburg who wrote many poems. Ginz gave most of his writings and paintings to his sister before his transport, so a majority have survived to today.[1] His sister was also deported to Terezín in 1944, but she survived.[1]
Diary
Before his transport, Ginz wrote a diary between 1941 and 1942 about his life. This diary, written in a matter-of-fact way, has been compared to that of Anne Frank.[citation needed] This diary was lost but found and published by his sister Eva (now Chava Pressburger) as Diary of My Brother. It was published in Spanish, Catalan, and Esperanto, as well as the original Czech, and in English in April 2007 as The Diary of Petr Ginz 1941–1942. A review appeared in an issue of The New York Times dated Tuesday 10 April 2007.
Drawing
Legacy
- The 50413 Petrginzwas named in his honour.
- In 2005 the Czech Post edited a 31 KČ stamp with the Moon drawing and a portrait in remembrance of Petr Ginz.
- A Stolperstein by German artist Gunter Demnig was installed in his honor in Prague.
- His life was commemorated in a 2012 documentary film, The Last Flight of Petr Ginz, directed by Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts.[9]
- His story is commemorated in a 2018 song, For Petr and Ilan, on Does the Land Remember Me? by Ben Fisher.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Petr Ginz's story". Holocaust.cz. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Reflex about Ginz" (in Czech). Reflex.cz. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ Kalendová, Helena (January 14, 2017). "Petr Ginz a jeho Měsíční krajina: Židovský chlapec, jehož kresbu vynesli do vesmíru" (in Czech). Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Columbia tragedy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Fulfilling the dream of Ilan Ramon (in Hebrew)". Israel Hayom. January 31, 2018.
- ^ Garcia, Mark (April 12, 2018). "Astronaut Drew Feustel Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day with a Replica of Drawing First Flown in Space by the Late Ilan Ramon". NASA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "US astronaut records Holocaust remembrance message in space". April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Landscape- Petr Ginz and an Astronauts Legacy". Czech Center Museum Houston, Houston. February 11, 2020.
- IMDb
- ^ "For Petr and Ilan, by Ben Fisher".
External links
- The Diary of Petr Ginz (ISBN 0-871-139669published in English in 2007)
- Moon Landscape (the drawing)
- Petr Ginz – Theresienstadt at Yad Vashem Museum
- The Last Flight of Petr Ginz (2011 documentary film)
- The Last Flight of Petr Ginz, UN Study Guide.
- Documents about Petr Ginz in the collection of the Jewish Museum Prague.
- Petr Ginz's entry at the Find a Grave website