How did concentration camp prisoners record everyday life in the camp, themselves and their fellow prisoners, experiences of forced labour, violence and death on paper? Who are these drawings aimed at, who do they speak to today? What does it mean to show one's own stories or those of others and to put them on paper?
In her lecture, Christiane Heß (Hamburg Memorials Foundation) will present her research on the visual ego documents from the Ravensbrück and Neuengamme camps. Using selected drawings, she will discuss the different conditions under which the images were produced, the options available to the artists and the dissemination of the images after 1945 - always with a view to the social dimension. In analysing these images, it becomes clear how important it is to engage in mediation work that critically examines the visual vocabulary.
Registration
The event is part of the digital event series "Perspectives on the Culture of Remembrance" organised by the Lower Saxony Memorials Development Department. Registration is required for participation. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to the following address, stating your name, profession and (if available) affiliation. We will send all registered participants the Zoom link in advance of the events.
Register: gfn@stiftung-ng.de
The organisers reserve the right to exercise their domiciliary rights and to refuse admission to or exclude from the event any persons who belong to right-wing extremist parties or organisations or who have made or continue to make anti-Semitic, anti-democratic, history-denying, nationalistic, racist or other inhuman statements, attitudes or visible signs.