Through more than thirty photographs taken on the largest German Nazi camp, the exhibition documents the events that took place in Auschwitz-Birkenau during the years 1940-1945. It also invites visitors to reflect in depth on what these images reveal about their authors and their intentions, and on how these few photographic proofs influence the collective perception of the meaning given to Auschwitz.
Seeing Auschwitz exhibits a selection of photographs taken, for the most part, by the authors of the SS, but also by the victims, as well as those of the Greek prisoner of Sephardic origin Alberto Errera, belonging to the Sonderkommando, or the taken aerial view of the Nazi complex by Allied forces.
The exhibition, organized by a team of specialists led by British Holocaust education expert Paul Salmons, will help visitors understand how these iconic images have shaped the way we see and generally understand history. Auschwitz.
In the words of Luis Ferreiro, director of Musealia: “At the very heart of this project we go not only beyond the obvious in iconic photographs which have built the mental idea that we share of Auschwitz, but also and especially all of our questions about what we know about this story and whether, in the light of what has happened from these decades to the present day, we can really say, without being afraid of being wrong, that we really saw Auschwitz. ”
“Images are neutral sources,” said Paul Salmons, “when we see them, we seem to be looking through a window. However, we observe a piece of reality through the eyes of the authors, filtered by their point of view. It is necessary to observe them with a critical eye to try to understand them. ”
The exhibition can be viewed free of charge from January 22 to January 30 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris and from January 27 to the end of February at the UN headquarters in New York.
From 2021, Seeing Auschwitz can be visited simultaneously in different UN information centers around the world, in addition to being presented in museums and international cultural institutions.
Musealia is a Spanish company dedicated to the creation and management of exhibitions. With more than 20 years of experience, it focuses its work on the character of disclosure of her exhibitions, based on a strong historical component treated with scientific rigor. Musealia has worked with museums, halls and cultural centers in more than forty cities in Europe and America.
In December 2017, she presented at the Arte Canal Auschwitz Exhibition Center. No hace mucho. No muy lejos, the first traveling exhibition on the German labor, concentration and extermination camp. The exhibition, produced in collaboration with the National Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, exceeded 600,000 visitors at its world premiere in the Spanish capital. It is currently available for viewing at the Museum of Jewish Hertiage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York.
Seeing Auschwitz
Paris
Venue: headquarters of UNESCO (7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007)
January from 22nd to 30st
New York
Venue: headquarters of UN, (46 street with 1st Ave., NY, 10017)
from January 27th
