when: 25 November 2019 - 01 March 2020 | venue: Darlinghurst | cost: Adult: $15.00 Senior: $12.00 Children (older than 10): $9.00 Family (2 adults, 2 children): $40.00 Museum Members: o | address: Sydney Jewish Museum 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst
published: 25 Nov 2019, 5 min read
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Photographer Richard Wiesel, nephew of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, was overwhelmed by his visit to Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück last year. He was inspired to tell the experiences and fates of the camps' former prisoners who were not able to tell their own stories.
Richard was granted privileged and exclusive access to the closed archives of the memorial sites to photograph items such as the teddy bear of a young Roma boy, a shoe with a secret compartment, and a baby's dress. These items have not been exhibited to the public. With the research of renowned German historian Dr Robert Sommer, Richard was able to trace the often tragic stories behind these personal artefacts.
"By using extensive contextualisation and historical research, we have been able to rescue the voices of the dead and give the silent an opportunity to speak to us once again with collective voices."
- Richard Wiesel
These enlarged images are as sensitive as they are confronting. What the artist hopes is that the stories which emerge from the artefacts' fine details prompt the question: 'Have things really changed for the better?'
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Photographer Richard Wiesel, nephew of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, was overwhelmed by his visit to Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück last year. He was inspired to tell the experiences and fates of the camps' former prisoners who were not able to tell their own stories.
Richard was granted privileged and exclusive access to the closed archives of the memorial sites to photograph items such as the teddy bear of a young Roma boy, a shoe with a secret compartment, and a baby's dress. These items have not been exhibited to the public. With the research of renowned German historian Dr Robert Sommer, Richard was able to trace the often tragic stories behind these personal artefacts.
"By using extensive contextualisation and historical research, we have been able to rescue the voices of the dead and give the silent an opportunity to speak to us once again with collective voices."
- Richard Wiesel
These enlarged images are as sensitive as they are confronting. What the artist hopes is that the stories which emerge from the artefacts' fine details prompt the question: 'Have things really changed for the better?'
Go see It's Personal: Objects from Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen.
It's Personal: Objects from Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen is on 25 November 2019 - 01 March 2020. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Darlinghurst.
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