Format:
XVI, 203 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm x 17 cm
ISBN:
9783110739916
,
3110739917
Content:
A series of numbers was tattooed on prisoners’ forearms only at one location - the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. Children, parents, grandparents, mostly Jews but also a significant number of non-Jews scarred for life. Indelibly etched with a number into their flesh and souls, constantly reminding them of the horrors of the Holocaust. References to the Auschwitz number appear in artworks from the Holocaust period and onwards, by survivors and non-survivor artists, and Jewish and non-Jewish artists. These artists refer to the number from Auschwitz to portray the Holocaust and its meaning. This book analyzes the place that the image of the Auschwitz number occupies in the artist’s consciousness and how it is grasped in the collective perception of different societies. It discusses how the Auschwitz number is used in public and private Holocaust commemoration. Additionally, the book describes the use of the Auschwitz number as a Holocaust icon to protest, warn, and fight against Holocaust denial.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-3-11-073996-1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-3-11-074001-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Konzentrationslager Auschwitz
;
Tätowierung
;
Zahl
;
Gefangener
;
Kunst
;
Kunsthandwerk
;
Geschichte 1945-2021
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Kunst
;
Geschichte 1945-2021
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/books/9783110739916
Author information:
Bruṭin, Batyah 1949-