Saturday, November 26, 2011

Places of Remembrance

In the Bavarian Quarter of Berlin, the memorial "Places of Remembrance," created by Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock, consists of 80 street signs presenting anti-Jewish laws and regulations under Nazi rule. One side of sign shows a picture, the other a piece of anti-Jewish legislation between 1933-1945.

How can individuals and society remember and commemorate difficult histories? What is the purpose of remembering? What does justice look like after genocide?

http://www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/memorials/remembrance/
http://www.stih-schnock.de/cat_moafl.pdf
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/SignsfromBerlin/gallery

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