{"id":21144,"date":"2018-04-09T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T06:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=21144"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:48:52","slug":"zilzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/zilzer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artist Who Forewarned the Dangers of the Nazis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The materials in the archive of Hungarian-Jewish born artist Gyula Zilzer were <a href=\"http:\/\/merhav.nli.org.il\/primo-explore\/fulldisplay?vid=NLI&amp;docid=NNL_ARCHIVE_AL002904383&amp;context=L&amp;lang=iw_IL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bestowed to the Archives of National Library of Israel<\/a> in 2002 as part of the estate of Mary Zilzer, the artist&#8217;s widow, after she passed away in 2001.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The story of the artist&#8217;s life can be traced back through the personal documents, photographs, correspondence, literary works, paintings and illustrations contained within the archive.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the paintings in the archive are lithographs, which, unlike a painting, can exist in more than one original copy. Making duplicates with the lithographic method involves a lot of effort and all duplicates are made by the same artist, using the same stone on which the original image was painted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20755\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/opium.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20755\" title=\"&quot;Opium&quot;. Lithograph by Gyula Zilzer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/opium-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Opium&quot;. Lithograph by Gyula Zilzer\" width=\"500\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/opium-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/opium-442x600.jpg 442w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/opium.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Opium&#8221;. Lithograph by Gyula Zilzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gyula Zilzer, a descendant of an artisan family, was born in 1898 in Budapest, Hungary. Members of this illustrious family include the Bavarian king&#8217;s court painter Antal Zilzer, the sculptor Hajnalka Zilzer, and the modern painter Frigyes Frank.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his youth, Zilzer had a special interest in machines and spent time working on inventions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55050\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KURS.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55050\" title=\"Certificate from the Royal Hungarian Museum of Technology given to Gyula Zilzer concerning absolving a gas engine operator course in 1920\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KURS-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate from the Royal Hungarian Museum of Technology given to Gyula Zilzer concerning absolving a gas engine operator course in 1920\" width=\"500\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KURS-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KURS-394x600.jpg 394w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KURS.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate from the Royal Hungarian Museum of Technology given to Gyula Zilzer concerning absolving a gas engine operator course in 1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1917, together with two of his friends, Trotzer and Mintz, he worked to create a radio controlled torpedo. During the Russian Revolution, the Russian Army gave the three young men access to a factory to build their torpedo model and to produce it for military purposes, but the project was never completed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The model became a secret German patent and later served as the basis for several technological innovations, including the dial mechanism of telephones and missile control systems developed in other countries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20758\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20758\" title=\"The artist Gyula Zilzer in his study. Photo by Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2-1-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"The artist Gyula Zilzer in his study. Photo by Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2-1-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2-1-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2-1-780x600.jpg 780w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artist Gyula Zilzer in his study. Photo by Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a Jew, Zilzer was prevented from continuing his academic studies in mechanical engineering due to the implementation of Numerus Clausus. In 1919 he fled from Hungarian nationalists to Trieste, Italy. There, while involved in the leadership of a factory that he founded along with his business partners, he began to paint. After displaying much talent, from 1922-1923 Zilzer went to study painting at the school of the famous German painter Hans Hoffman in Munich.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1924, after acquiring a Triestian certificate which attested to his status as a Christian, Zilzer returned to Budapest and signed up for the Academy of the Arts. When his Jewish origins were revealed to the academic administration, he was dismissed from the Academy as &#8220;untalented.&#8221; Despite this humiliation, Zilzer pushed forward and published his collection of lithographs entitled, &#8220;<em>Kaleidoskop,<\/em>&#8221; in 1924. This publication was so successful that it enabled him to leave Hungary for good. After leaving Hungary in 1924, he lived in Paris until 1932 where he worked for the French magazine <em>Clart\u00e9<\/em> and the daily newspaper <em>L&#8217;Humanit\u00e9<\/em>, both of which belonged to the Communist Party. It was during this time that he became friends with the French writer and publicist Henri Barbusse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">From 1929, Zilzer&#8217;s works became clearly anti-fascist in nature with several of his pieces focusing in on Hitler and Mussolini. In 1932, in an exhibition in Amsterdam, he presented\u00a0his <em>&#8220;Gaz&#8221;<\/em> album, a collection protesting the use of gas as a form of warfare against the civilian population. That year, following the success of the original installment, the collection was also displayed in the United States.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zilzer, the socialist artist who suffered at the hands of anti-Semitism from his youth, expressed his political and general worldview through his paintings. He was an artist ahead of his time, presenting the horrors of the First World War in the 1920s. When he published the collections &#8220;<em>Kaleidoskop&#8221;<\/em> and &#8220;<em>Gaz&#8221;<\/em> in 1924 and 1932 respectively, he hoped they would forewarn of a future war that the fascist authorities may inspire. Additionally, his paintings criticized the cruelty of the National Socialist Party, as portrayed in his drawings of concentration camps from the early 1930s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20781\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20781\" title=\"The cover drawing of the album &quot;Kaleidoskop&quot; by Gyla Zilzer, 1924\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-1-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"The cover drawing of the album &quot;Kaleidoskop&quot; by Gyla Zilzer, 1924\" width=\"500\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-1-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-1-768x822.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-1-560x600.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-1.jpg 1425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cover drawing of the album &#8220;Kaleidoskop&#8221; by Gyla Zilzer, 1924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54900\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GAZ1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54900\" title=\"One of the drawings from the album &quot;GAZ&quot; by Zilzer from 1934\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GAZ1-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"GAZ GAS By ZILZER GYULA\" width=\"500\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GAZ1-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GAZ1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the drawings from the album &#8220;GAZ&#8221; by Zilzer from 1934<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concentration camps were not an original invention of the Nazi apparatus in Germany. The camps set up by the British in South Africa during the Boer War at the end of the 19th century, as well as the Russian Gulag (a punitive system based on forced labor), preceded and influenced the formation of the Nazi camps. The first concentration camp on German territory was established in Dachau after Hitler came to power in 1933. The camp intended to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime as well as people from social groups marked by the Nazis as &#8220;undesirable,&#8221; including homeless people, homosexuals, and others.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20768\" title=\"drawing from 1933 representing the concentration camp\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6500-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"drawing from 1933 representing the concentration camp\" width=\"500\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6500-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6500-432x600.jpg 432w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20770\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20770\" title=\"Women and Children under the Swastika\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7500-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Women and Children under the Swastika\" width=\"500\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7500-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7500-448x600.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two drawings from 1933 representing the concentration camps. The second (bottom) one served as the cover page of the English booklet &#8220;Women and Children under the Swastika&#8221;, which collected factual reports on terrorism and oppression in the Third Reich, published 1936 in New York, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zilzer belonged to the expressionist artistic movement, protesting the fascist ideology, calling for unity against the Nazi horrors in his published paintings as early as 1933.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54808\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/5-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54808\" title=\"&quot;The Peace Talk&quot; of Hitler calling for war. Caricature from 1934\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/5-5-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The Peace Talk&quot; of Hitler calling for war. Caricature from 1934\" width=\"500\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/5-5-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/5-5-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/5-5-482x600.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Peace Talk&#8221; of Hitler calling for war. Caricature from 1934<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54814\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54814\" title=\"&quot; Let us share it&quot; - Mussolini and Hitler sharing the globe. 1935\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-5-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot; Let us share it&quot; - Mussolini and Hitler sharing the globe. 1935\" width=\"500\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-5-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-5-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-5-463x600.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8221; Let us share it&#8221; &#8211; Mussolini and Hitler sharing the globe. 1935<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By 1932 Zilzer left Europe and moved to the United States, where he spent a year traveling throughout the country all the while continuing to draw and to paint.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54906\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/HAMLATZA.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54906\" title=\"Letter of recommendation from G. P. Putnam's Sons given to Zilzer concerning his US citizenship \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/HAMLATZA-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Letter of recommendation\" width=\"500\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/HAMLATZA-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/HAMLATZA-396x600.jpg 396w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/HAMLATZA.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter of recommendation from G. P. Putnam&#8217;s Sons given to Zilzer concerning his US citizenship. 1934<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54914\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Social-Card.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54914\" title=\"US Social Security Card of Zilzer Gyula\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Social-Card-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"Social Security Card of Zilzer Gyula\" width=\"500\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Social-Card-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Social-Card-528x600.jpg 528w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Social-Card.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Social Security Card of Zilzer Gyula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54933\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/zilzer-and-woman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54933\" title=\"Gyula Zilzer apparently in the late 30s \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/zilzer-and-woman-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Gyula Zilzer apparently in the late 30s \" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/zilzer-and-woman-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/zilzer-and-woman.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gyula Zilzer apparently in the late 30s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He moved to Hollywood in 1939 where he worked designing stage sets of famous films as an art director. Outside of his work in the film industry, Zilzer created more patents for items such as a toy book for children, a helical underground parking area with shelter and the &#8220;VISI-Recorder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54855\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stage4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54855\" title=\"A stage set planned and drawn by Zilzer for the film &quot;The short happy life of Francis Macomber&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stage4-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"Stage set Zilzer Gyula\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stage4-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stage4.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stage set planned and drawn by Zilzer for the film &#8220;The short happy life of Francis Macomber&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54847\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PLAYBOOK.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54847\" title=\"A patented toy book for children planned an designed by Zilzer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PLAYBOOK-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"Patented book for children\" width=\"500\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PLAYBOOK-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PLAYBOOK-379x600.jpg 379w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PLAYBOOK.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A patented toy book for children planned an designed by Zilzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54836\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54836\" title=\"A helical underground parking area with shelter planned by Zilzer, Kovacs and Williger\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING1-174x300.jpg\" alt=\"Helical parkin by Gyula Zilzer\" width=\"500\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING1-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING1-349x600.jpg 349w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING1.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A helical underground parking area with shelter planned by Zilzer, Kovacs and Williger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54875\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54875\" title=\"Another version of the same shelter as above called &quot;Air raid precaution parking place&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING2-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Air raid precaution parking place\" width=\"500\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING2-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING2-436x600.jpg 436w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PARKING2.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another version of the same shelter as above called &#8220;Air raid precaution parking place&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54851\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/visirecord.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54851 size-full\" title=\"Logo of the patented Visi Recorder by Zilzer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/visirecord.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of the Visi Recorder\" width=\"217\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Logo of the patented Visi Recorder by Zilzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55055\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ABC5b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55055\" title=\"Membership certificate from The Institute of American Inventors given to Gyula Zilzer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ABC5b-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"Membership certificate from The Institute of American Inventors given to Gyula Zilzer\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ABC5b-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ABC5b-768x600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Membership certificate from The Institute of American Inventors given to Gyula Zilzer in 1940<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the end of the Second World War, Zilzer returned to Europe and traveled between Paris and Budapest for a few years. In 1954 he moved to his final residence in New York City where he worked for the television networks NBC and Cinerama, all while continuing to paint and manage his private exhibitions, until his death in 1969.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20774\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20774\" title=\"An oil painting by Gyula Zilzer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"An oil painting by Gyula Zilzer\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8-829x600.jpg 829w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An oil painting by Gyula Zilzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54936\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Zilzer-in-atelier.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54936\" title=\"Gyula Zilzer in his atelier in ca. 1943\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Zilzer-in-atelier-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Gyula Zilzer in his atelier in ca. 1943\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Zilzer-in-atelier-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Zilzer-in-atelier.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gyula Zilzer in his atelier in ca. 1943<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throughout his tumultuous life, Zilzer rubbed shoulders with many well-known, contemporary personalities including American writer and publicist Upton Sinclair, the French director Jean Vigo, the Mexican painter Diego Rivera, the movie actor Gregory Peck, the writers Roman Roland and Ilya Ehrenburg, the Romanian sculptor Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i, the Hungarian poet J\u00f3zsef Attila, the author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Zilzer was also in close contact with the physicist Albert Einstein who received a collection of paintings gifted from Zilzer himself. This is certified by a letter of thanks sent from Einstein to Zilzer on March 26<sup>th<\/sup> 1933.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Records on &#8220;My Heritage&#8221; database show that Gyula was married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/search\/categories\/bmd_marriage\/?name=_Zilzer&amp;name_x=1_1&amp;_phsrc=hkC1&amp;_phstart=successSource\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irene P. Kellog<\/a>. After their divorce he married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/search\/categories\/bmd_marriage\/?name=_Zilzer&amp;name_x=1_1&amp;_phsrc=hkC1&amp;_phstart=successSource\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary (Fuchs) Pitjel<\/a>. Mary met Gyula in the USA, where she moved after the death of her first husband Kalman Pitjel, who fell during Israel&#8217;s\u00a0War\u00a0for\u00a0Independence in 1948. This information is based on Tanya Rubinstein-Horowitz from D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany. Her father was a cousin of Kalman Pitjel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20776\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Henry-Miller-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20776\" title=\"A letter from Henry Miller to Gyula Zilzer 1956\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Henry-Miller-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"A letter from Henry Miller to Gyula Zilzer 1956\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Henry-Miller-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Henry-Miller-1-768x1139.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Henry-Miller-1-405x600.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am glad you have found a wife \u2013 a real one! &#8211; writes Henry Miller to Zilzer in 1956; apparently regarding Mary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the <a href=\"http:\/\/merhav.nli.org.il\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/dlDisplay.do?dscnt=0&amp;dstmp=1520338922646&amp;docId=NNL_ARCHIVE_AL004395366&amp;vid=NLI&amp;vid=NLI&amp;backFromPreferences=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gyula Zilzer Archive<\/a> at the National Library and detailed information click <a href=\"http:\/\/primo.nli.org.il\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/dlDisplay.do?dscnt=0&amp;dstmp=1523175958361&amp;docId=NNL_ARCHIVE_AL002904383&amp;vid=NLI&amp;vid=NLI&amp;backFromPreferences=true\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Gyula Zilzer Archive has been reviewed and described thanks to the generous support of The Leir Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at the incredible treasures from the archive of the Hungarian-Jewish Artist, Gyula Zilzer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":20754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,1768],"tags":[1418,309],"tags2":[],"class_list":["post-21144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","category-meragesh-en","tag-hungary-en","tag-theholocaust"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - 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