Art from the Concentration Camp Gurs (Satis Shroff)
ART FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMP GURS (Satis Shroff) Julius C. Turner: Männer im Morgenrot vor dem Stacheldrahtzaun. Julius C. Turner: Warten auf die Abendsuppe, 1941. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte ETH Zürich/Elsbeth-Kasser-Stiftung Kurt Löw & Carl Bodek: Französischer Gendarm, der einen Internierten tritt. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte ETH Zürich/Elsbeth-Kasser-Stiftung 'Ceux de Gurs' : art by Max Lingner The place was the Mecklenburg Hall of the Sparkasse in Freiburg. On exhibit were 40 sketches, portraits, water-colour paintings, landscape drawings and greeting cards. The art work was done by the Jewish prisoners of concentration camp in Gurs (France). I was so moved by the artistic works of the prisoners that I couldn’t resist the temptation of writing my thoughts in the visitor’s book. What did the prisoners do during the day? They were forced to do nothing. Did they suffer from hunger, cold, fear? How did the emaciated mothers and...