Auschwitz-Oświęcim, Oświęcim-Auschwitz /

Auschwitz-Oświęcim, Oświęcim-Auschwitz /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Citroen, Hans.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Rotterdam : Post Editions, 2011.
Description:	410 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Pictorial works. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Pictorial works. Oświęcim (Poland) Oświęcim (Poland) -- Pictorial works. Poland. Poland -- Oświęcim. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8940611

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Oświęcim-Auschwitz
Other authors / contributors:	Starzyńska, Barbara.
ISBN:	9789460830501 (pbk.) 9460830501 (pbk.)
Notes:	Title from spine. Titles bound tête-bêche (back to back and upside down).
Summary:	The Auschwitz Museum was established in 1947 as a monument to the Polish resistance. In the late eighties Hans Citroen met Barbara Starzyńska and he ended up visiting her relatives in Oswiecim, the city where his grandfather survived KZ Auschwitz. He noticed many incongruities that did not seem to disturb other visitors. Looking for an explanation, they talked with archivists and curators and explored the sites many times. Their research covers mostly the years that followed the Holocaust. Bit by bit, they find a hidden city, Barbara as architect, Hans as artist. The story of the search reads like a novel and therefore is a substantial part of this photographic investigation.

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Summary:	Artist Hans Citroen and architect Barbara Starzynska look anew at one of the planet's most highly charged sites: the Auschwitz death camp and the Polish town of Oswiecim. In the process, the authors investigate how time re-writes and redefines the history of a place, exploring how we write history, and the meaning of collective memory. This striking, Japanese-style book mixes images and text, featuring Citroen's contemporary views from front-to-back, and Starzynska's black-and- white historical documentation when reversed. More than a million visitors a year come to see the wartime remains, creating a complicated engagement among pilgrims, tourists, survivors and residents. ''A page-turner about the afterlife of a death camp?'' asks Auschwitz scholar Robert Jan van Pelt. The authors ''have made me see both wartime Auschwitz and today's Oswiecim anew.''
Item Description:	Title from spine. Titles bound tête-bêche (back to back and upside down).
Physical Description:	410 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	9789460830501 9460830501