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The exhibition “Landscape archive” discusses uncommemorated burial sites of Holocaust victims located on Polish territory. The term Holocaust immediately evokes the image of extermination camps, such as Auschwitz and Treblinka. Meanwhile, the region of Central and Eastern Europe is heavily dotted with the forgotten graves of Jews murdered outside the camps. The victims lie in unmarked graves scattered in forests, roadside ditches and fields. The Zapomniane Foundation is an organization aimed at locating, marking and commemorating them in accordance with Jewish religious law. So far, the Foundation has located about 300 unmarked burial sites of Holocaust victims in Poland, marked 100 of them, and permanently commemorated more than a dozen.
Research results conducted by the Zapomniane Foundation presented at the exhibit include photographs documenting commemorated burial sites. It also explores the landscape not only as a scenery where history happens, but also as a witness and participant of events, storing evidence that can be an important source of knowledge that can be uncovered by research.
Two venues & hosting institutions in Brussels:
Exhibition from January 17 to February 28, 2025 at CCLJ – Jewish Secular Community Center (in French)
Exhibition from January 29 to February 28, 2025 at Norway House (in English)
Openings at both venues will be accompanied by the presentation of short documentaries about the research carried out by the Zapomniane Foundation directed by Krzysztof Gajewski.
Registration is required for both venues.
Curator: Dr. Aleksandra Janus
Photographs: Aleksander Schwarz
Research: Aleksander Schwarz, Agnieszka Nieradko, Dr. Szymon Lenarczyk
Research cooperation: Dr. Sebastian Różycki
Exhibition production: Maria Banaś
Films: Krzysztof Gajewski
