Book of Postcards (© T. Weiss, 2018)
Book of Prints (© T. Weiss, 2018)
Book written and designed by Tami Rae Weiss (© T. Weiss, 2020)
Holocaust Books
Of all the Holocaust-related work I have done with Eva Schloss, the project to which I have been most deeply devoted is the series of books I created to help preserve the memory of her brother and father, Heinz and Erich Geiringer, through the paintings they created while hiding from the Nazis.
Heinz and Erich Geiringer did not survive the Holocaust. Remarkably, their paintings did. After the war, Eva Geiringer Schloss learned the devastating news that her beloved brother and father had perished. Months later, she remembered a conversation from the cattle car on the way to Auschwitz, when Heinz told her about the paintings he and his father had made while in hiding. Eva and her mother returned to the attic of the old farmhouse where they had hidden. There, just as Heinz had said, they found the paintings, along with drawings and poems, concealed beneath the floorboards.
Heinz and Erich Geiringer were two of the millions murdered in the Holocaust. They had talent, insight, and love to offer the world, but their lives were tragically cut short by Nazi violence. To look at their art is to honor their memory and, in some small way, to remember the countless others whose names, stories, gifts, and futures were stolen.
Erich and Heinz Geiringer -
Book of Postcards
and
Book of Prints
Each book of postcards and prints features high resolution reproductions of the paintings Erich and Heinz Geiringer created during two years in hiding from the Nazis. Printed on heavy cardstock, both books were designed as artful collections of frame-worthy pages.
Heinz & Erich Geiringer: Paintings Created in Hiding During the Holocaust
by Tami Rae Weiss, PhD
Erich and Heinz Geiringer: Paintings Created in Hiding During the Holocaust (1942–1944) is a book I wrote and designed in collaboration with Eva Schloss to preserve the lives, artwork, and memory of Heinz and Erich Geiringer. It brings together historical research, visual analysis, and Eva’s personal photographs to tell the story of a father and son whose creative work survived the Holocaust, even though they did not.
Created while the Geiringer family was in hiding from the Nazis, the paintings offer a rare and deeply human record of imagination, hope, and resilience in the face of terror. Through biographical narrative, historical context, and high-quality reproductions of the artwork, the book honors Heinz and Erich not only as Holocaust victims, but as artists, thinkers, and beloved family members whose lives and talents were violently cut short.
At its core, the book is an act of remembrance. It seeks to preserve their legacy, deepen understanding of Holocaust history through art, and invite readers to encounter the personal, creative lives behind the losses.
(Above) Preview Heinz & Erich Geiringer: Paintings Created in Hiding during the Holocaust by Tami Rae Weiss, PhD. Not for reproduction. Some pages have been omitted.
(© T. Weiss, 2020. All Rights Reserved)