One of great teachers

Mr. Blumenthal is the director of the jewish museum in Berlin. Beside his work for the museum he also writes. It was impressing to listen to a short resumee of his life and his experiences. I have great respect for his definition of ‘Heimat’.
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JM

10th anniversary of JM

About

After

Fribourg after 1945; almost competely destroyed

some could survive

ca. 426 people were honoured after the war for helping jewish people to survive.

5771 – a photograph

This is one of my favourite photgraphs by H. Koelbl

5771

JM and other locations – same topic

Women before the trial – Topography of Terror

Women without a trial – Topography of Terror
See Yad Vashem Photoarchive.
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´Don´t you think that the paintings here have a subordinate role?´
This shouldn´t be the question here, right?

For once you should try the void. It is an ambigiuos feeling to walk on thousands of faces.

JM is still one of the best objects to photograph.

Pray for Japan

Several artists collected money for Japan with a video installation and live paint performance (location Tacheles)

DIGNITY – Die Würde des Menschen

Dana Gluckstein presents photograhies in the Willy-Brandt-Haus

Impressive photographs of indigenous peoples