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gregdotorg · 2 months

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Gerhard Richter BIRKENAU opened last month in the Polish village of Oświęcim. The permanent exhibition pavilion includes full-scale facsimile editions of Richter's 2014 Birkenau series of abstract paintings; reproductions of the photos of the Birkenau extermination camp taken by Jewish Sonderkommandos in 1944, which served as Richter's basis for his paintings; and facsimile editions of a 1991 series of Grey Mirror paintings. Which in press coverage so far just get dismissed as grey mirrors, though they are actually photo reproductions of glass mirror paintings, in face-mounted acrylic on aluminum.

By compelling visitors to see themselves in a mirror while surrounded by evidence and repetitions of a genocide, I think these are the most significant works in this show.

[s/o @csantdotinfo for the heads up on the Guardian's review]

#gerhard richter #facsimile objects #birkenau #grey mirror #Oświęcim is Polish for Auschwitz #richter really said look in a mirror genocide repeat yo

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canberramaidan · 3 months

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The 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberating the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in early 1945.

#holocaust #ukrainian history #ukraine #world war 2 #antisemitism #ukrainian armed forces #world war ii #concentration camp #20th century #1945 #1940s #jewish history #auschwitz #birkenau #black and white #old photo #eastern europe

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jareckiworld · 9 months

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Jan Schüler — Autumn Evening in Birkenau (oil on linen, 2017)

#Jan Schüler #german art #shoah #auschwitz #Birkenau

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pattern-recognition · 6 months

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The day it is done and the twilight is nigh The sun is replaced with a watchtower eye And the clouds have been stained with an ominous dye Like the butcher has wiped off his knife on the sky The cold iron letters read “Arbeit macht frei” And it may seem a lie but it’s hard to deny If your work is to try to forget how to cry And your freiheit is found in a pit full of lye

#Daniel Kahn #The Broken Tongue #Birkenau

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ladymidnytemare · 5 months

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Just finished editing the photographs from my second visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau last month, got to say I'm pretty proud of these two. The low light we got in Auschwitz-1 made shooting tricky but so atmospheric ally effective, while seeing Birkenau at night was a very different experience from my first visit last year

All of my photographic art of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as with all of my artistic interpretations of dark tourism sites, was done with the utmost respect and for posterity.

#dark tourism #history #photographers on tumblr #auschwitz #birkenau #poland #war sites

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missserotonin · 2 years

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Lest we forget to value our lives.

The things that had happened to these people in Auschwitz and Birkenau were just unfathomable. When you walk inside the rooms, into their execution areas, and into the gas chamber, it was eerie and cold and it has that power to empty your soul and just leave your mind blank. Tears just rolled unto my face as I saw the remnants and the faces of some. 💔

#poland #auschwitz #birkenau #poland2022

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themackenzieboydchronicles · 1 year

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Holocaust Remembrance Week.

Ceija Stojka. Austrian Romany Survivor of the Holocaust.

Ceija was sent to Birkenhau aged ten and was transferred to Bergen-Belsen where she was liberated by the Aalied Troups.

#cieja stojka #halocaust survivor #romany artist #austrian romany #bergen belsen #birkenau #liberation #allied troups

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lento-progressivo · 1 year

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Luigi Abbiati 2023: "Senza Ritorno" - olio su tela 70x100 cm

#arte #art #painting #oiloncanvas #oliosutela #birkenau #angel #extermination

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ruiferreiraautor · 1 year

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#Holocausto #vitimas #judeus #ciganos #homossexualidade #deficiencia #aushwitz #birkenau

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septembergold · 2 years

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Birkenau von ThatDustyTrail.com auf flickr

I’ll never forget to atone and also never forget to mourn. This is where our Angst is coming from. It comes from the knowledge that people, when they have too much power, will behave like the most utter scum towards their friends, family, colleagues, partners and fellow citizens just because some idiot thought it was a great idea.

(I know that this is not popular reblog material for all you “happy-go-lucky” type of people but I need to see the darkness to be able to appreciate the lightness that still exists in our world today and also to help me stay vigilent amidst all the wolves out there, yes I know they are there, cause they’ve all been following me like mad)

#summer #evil places #where my nightmare's are at #no to wars #no to racism #real life horror #nausea #Birkenau #angst #never forget #german thoughts #deep stuff #dark

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adribosch-fan · 2 years

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Se revelará el testimonio inédito del “gemelo de Mengele” sobre las atrocidades de Birkenau

Shoah Leopold Lowy vuelve a visitar Auschwitz-Birkenau en esta foto sin fecha. (Cortesía de Richard Lowy) El jueves, Día de la Memoria del Holocausto en Israel, se dará a conocer un testimonio inédito que ofrece una visión única de las atrocidades cometidas por los nazis en el campo de exterminio de Birkenau, desde el punto de vista de un testigo judío situado en una torre de vigilancia del…