to my knowledge [but i might be wrong] there was no such a terrible one-off event as the night of broken glasses in germany in 1938 (and germans invaded holland in 1940 only).
but the consequences for the jews were awful anyway. of 140 thousands living in the country 107 were deported, and the rest were increasingly humiliated and nearly deprived of the means of survival all these years till 1944.
of 95 thousands sent to auschwitz and other camps merely 500 survived.
the monument is a few large plates of tenderly colored glass, laying on earth and covered by the cracks. it conveys powerfully, even painfully all the ugliness of the committed vandalism.
the artist's thought behind the work is truly beautiful and moving.
i've been to dachau, and drove past another concentration camp location in eastern germany, and thought to myself, how can so much beauty, green fields, flowers, blue sky, have surrounded such horror?
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Date: 2003-11-08 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-08 02:39 pm (UTC)but the consequences for the jews were awful anyway. of 140 thousands living in the country 107 were deported, and the rest were increasingly humiliated and nearly deprived of the means of survival all these years till 1944.
of 95 thousands sent to auschwitz and other camps merely 500 survived.
the monument is a few large plates of tenderly colored glass, laying on earth and covered by the cracks. it conveys powerfully, even painfully all the ugliness of the committed vandalism.
i was indeed moved.
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Date: 2003-11-08 11:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-09 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-09 01:56 pm (UTC)i've been to dachau, and drove past another concentration camp location in eastern germany, and thought to myself, how can so much beauty, green fields, flowers, blue sky, have surrounded such horror?