![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Portrait of Petr Kien, Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19333c.jpg?itok=tWk_-DCL)
Pencil, ink and wash on paper
13.1X7.9 cm
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Portrait of Petr Kien, Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19333c.jpg?itok=jBLfzpLl)
![Helga Wolfenstein, 1940](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1940_HelgaWolfenstein.jpg?itok=2WSUl7kL)
![Helga Wolfenstein, 1940](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1940_HelgaWolfenstein.jpg?itok=eeiubZVF)
![From left to right: Helga Wolfenstein, her mother Hermine Wolfenstein and sister Renate, 1939](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1939_HelgaWolfenstein_MotherHermineWolfenstein_SisterRenateWolfenstein.jpg?itok=5JV4sGHv)
![From left to right: Helga Wolfenstein, her mother Hermine Wolfenstein and sister Renate, 1939](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1939_HelgaWolfenstein_MotherHermineWolfenstein_SisterRenateWolfenstein.jpg?itok=oef-G0vE)
![New on Display. Helga Wolfenstein King: Life, Creativity and Love in Terezin](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/EZ_S6308.jpg?itok=OPzijHQF)
![New on Display. Helga Wolfenstein King: Life, Creativity and Love in Terezin](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/EZ_S6308.jpg?itok=0M3N6PRN)
![New on Display. Helga Wolfenstein King: Life, Creativity and Love in Terezin](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/EZ_S6299.jpg?itok=-cdoU5mC)
![New on Display. Helga Wolfenstein King: Life, Creativity and Love in Terezin](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/EZ_S6299.jpg?itok=xZEQQqmx)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Petr Kien Painting, Terezin Ghetto, 1943](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19334.jpg?itok=nvEbG7Wt)
Ink and wash on paper
11X13.7 cm.
"I just wanted to ask you to assist me in an outside job. I have to sketch the bakery and I need an assistant to help me with my art material…"
Helga Wolfenstein would often accompany Petr Kien when he ventured out into the streets of the ghetto to draw. In her testimony, she relates how they would spend many hours together, during which time Petr would enrich her knowledge of drawing, art and poetry.
This artwork offers a rare glimpse into the act of creativity as it unfolds.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Petr Kien Painting, Terezin Ghetto, 1943](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19334.jpg?itok=jHQiZg4w)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Portrait of Hermine (Mina) Bondi-Wolfenstein, Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19336c.jpg?itok=ZaJ0Bhf-)
Ink and pencil on paper
29.8X21.8 cm
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Portrait of Hermine (Mina) Bondi-Wolfenstein, Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19336c.jpg?itok=oYb7GGht)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). The Potato Peelers, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19346c.jpg?itok=VfYFUgz7)
Watercolor on paper
21.7X29.1 cm.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). The Potato Peelers, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19346c.jpg?itok=LwmLipus)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Surgery, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19367c.jpg?itok=x9vqPc0P)
Watercolor and pencil on paper
21.7X19.2 cm.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Surgery, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19367c.jpg?itok=ns2BBpYH)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Praying Jew, Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19368c.jpg?itok=wECasJ1w)
Watercolor, pencil and crayon on paper
19.5X15 cm.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Praying Jew, Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19368c.jpg?itok=OVJktp-Y)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Quartet, Terezin Ghetto, c. 1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19370c.jpg?itok=cNxWjJWq)
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper
21.9X19.4 cm.
The concert depicted in this drawing was a rehearsal for the upcoming visit of Red Cross representatives on 23 June 1944.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). Quartet, Terezin Ghetto, c. 1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19370c.jpg?itok=5cADWQnw)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). The Theater: “George Dandin”, Terezin Ghetto, 1943](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19371c.jpg?itok=plCLU7hH)
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper
19.4X15 cm.
One of the plays performed in the ghetto was the satirical comedy, "George Dandin ou le Mari Confondu" (George Dandin or The Thwarted Husband) by Molière, which was written in 1668 and exposed the hypocrisy of the aristocracy in Paris.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922-2003). The Theater: “George Dandin”, Terezin Ghetto, 1943](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19371c.jpg?itok=0Z5zF5XS)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Beds, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19392c.jpg?itok=kko2u2jD)
Watercolor and ink on paper
11X13.8 cm.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Beds, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19392c.jpg?itok=c7AQ6W3B)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Interior of Sudeten Barracks, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19396c.jpg?itok=HK86jUag)
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
29.4X21.8 cm.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). Interior of Sudeten Barracks, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19396c.jpg?itok=onHFCz0h)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 – 2003). Hamburg Barracks, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19404c.jpg?itok=5usf9czH)
Watercolor and ink on paper
14X11.5 cm
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 – 2003). Hamburg Barracks, Terezin Ghetto, 1942](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19404c.jpg?itok=EBO2ScQB)
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). View of Langestrasse Street, Terezin Ghetto, 1943](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/19434c.jpg?itok=nfXJuWnn)
Watercolor on paper
30X22.1 cm.
Yad Vashem Art Collection
Acquisition, courtesy of Barbara and Lewis Shrensky, Washington D.C.
![Helga Wolfenstein King (1922 - 2003). View of Langestrasse Street, Terezin Ghetto, 1943](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19434c.jpg?itok=_FgLreFm)