Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
Decho, Roselene
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 04 February 2000
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 04 February 2000
About this Item
Quarto. 32pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Scarce booklet documenting the construction and the inauguration of the Buchenwald Memorial. Between 1952 and 1958, the Buchenwald concentration camp site and the surrounding area were made into the GDRâ s first monumental presentation of a Nazi memorial site to the victims of the Nazis. Indeed, in 1958, in the vicinity of the concentration campâ s mass graves on the south slope of the Ettersberg, the GDR built a memorial complex visible far and wide. Its monumentality was intended to reflect the extent of the Nazi crimes, but it served first and foremost as a national memorial. Some of the GDRâ s best-known sculptors, such as Fritz Cremer, Waldemar Grzimek, Hans Kies, and Renà Graetz, were involved in designing this vast memorial site, and some of their work was of particular artistic merit. Fritz Cremerâ s presentation of a group of inmates in particular, with its psychological differentiation between the individual figures portrayed, expressing weakness, exhaustion and steadfastness that is certain of victory, remains ingrained in oneâ s memory. Today, the "Nationale Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Buchenwald" ("National Buchenwald Memorial") is expanded to become the largest German concentration camp memorial, complete with exhibitions, an archive and a library. This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of the Buchenwald Memorial. Seller Inventory # 37328
Bibliographic Details
Title: Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
Publisher: Volk und Wissen Volkseigener Verlag, Berlin, DDR
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Paperback
Condition: g to g+
Edition: First edition.
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