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Exhibitions to mark liberation of death camp
Herefordshire Council's community heritage team has arranged for two special exhibitions to mark the fact 2010 is 65 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Berkenau death camp.
Next month (February), the exhibition, “Never Again? Thinking about the Holocaust” will be coming to Hereford and will be on display from February 8 to 20 at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery then travelling to Leominster library from February 22 to 27 and to the Cider Museum, Hereford from March 1 to 6.
This exhibition by the Wiener Library, Britain's leading archive on the Holocaust and Nazi era, allows audiences to explore and think critically about the issues raised by the Holocaust and genocide. Themes covered include refugees, commemoration and memorials, propaganda both historical and contemporary and justice through the legacy of Nuremburg.
The Never Again? exhibition is complemented by the Heartstone “Testimony” Auschwitz-Berkenau exhibition on display at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery until February 20. This is a powerful photographic exploration of the Auschwitz-Berkenau death camp, featuring stunning contemporary photographs of this historic site and testimony from survivors.
Later in the year in October, to coincide with Herefordshire Photography festival, the photographic exhibition “Absence and Loss” by Marion Davies will be on display in the stairwell of Hereford Museum and Art Gallery.
The exhibition records Marion's journey around Berlin exploring the many Holocaust memorials in the city and impact of Nazis in Berlin and the wider German population in the wartime era. The exhibition aims to present an impression of the period, demonstrate man's inhumanity to man and encourage reflection on current issues of racism and extremism in society.
For more information about these exhibitions or to find out more about Holocaust Memorial Day please contact the council's community heritage officers on 01432 383599 or log onto www.herefordshire.gov.uk/museums or www.hmdt.org
Posted
: 29/01/2010 17:08:48
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