"On Auschwitz" (41): Art at Auschwitz

The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum is in possession of the largest
collection of art related to the Auschwitz camp. This collection
is unique on a world scale. The artworks created in conditions of
extreme danger are an extraordinary document of history and time
that still stir the emotions to this day.


They enable one to discover the feelings and emotions, difficult
to reconstruct today, that accompanied the inmates on a daily
basis. It is because of this huge historical and emotional value
that camp art is extremely precious and provides a universal
message which can be understood by every recipient.


Teresa Wontor-Cichy, historian from the Research Center
and Agnieszka Sieradzka, curator of the Collections, discuss the
art created at Auschwitz.





We wish to thank Jonathan Jetter from the Right Angle Productions
& Brooke Stocken for their help in production of the English
version of the podcast.


We also recommend our online lesson about art at Auschwitz:
http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_sztuka/