Auschwitz. Not long ago, not far away
29/12/2017.
[MAD] Spain 01.12.2017 - 17.06.2018
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The Arte Canal Exhibition Center in Madrid becomes the scene for the worldwide presentation of the exhibition "Auschwitz, not long ago, not far away" from December 1, 2017 to June 17, 2018.
Access Door. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Poles and wire. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Door of Death. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Auschwitz historical
Auschwitz historical
Group of visitants. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Pablo Á. Mendivil
Exhibition view. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pablo Á. Mendivil
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Prisioners clothes. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Pablo Á. Mendivil
Auschwitz. Photograph © Pablo Á. Mendivil
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Shaving brushes. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Prisioners bracellets. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Anti-Semitic Board Game. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Wood box. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Mirror. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Porcelain fragment. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Glasses. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Metal buckle SS belt. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Gas can. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Child shoe. Auschwitz. Photograph © Pawel Sawicki
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
Auschwitz. Photograph © Jesús Varillas
"Auschwitz, not long ago, not far away" is located in Madrid as the first of its 14 world destinations between Europe and the United States. The approximately 2,500 square meters of exhibition space, the Arte Canal Exhibition Center will collect the exhibition in a world premiere of more than 600 original pieces, and numerous unpublished photographic and audiovisual material. Madrid is the only city that the exhibition will stay in Spain.
"Auschwitz, not long ago, not far away"
Auschwitz was the largest Nazi concentration and death camp and the most lethal of all. More than 1,100,000 people were killed behind its barbed-wire fences.
Today the remains and history of this unambiguous symbol of the horrors carried out by Nazi Germany serve as a universal warning of the dangers that stem from hatred, intolerance and antisemitism, and make us see human cruelty at its uttermost.
For the first time in History, more than 600 original objects are shown in the first travelling exhibition about Auschwitz co-produced by Musealia and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, a moving and accurate tour through one of the darkest chapters of the History of Humankind that will certainly stir the world’s conscience.
The world premiere of the exhibition will take place on December 1, 2017 at the Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in Madrid, its only venue in Spain.
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Curators
Robert Jan van Pelt (chief curator), Michael Berenbaum and Paul Salmons
Dates
Dec 01, 2017 - Jun 17, 2018
Venue
Arte Canal Exhibition Center in Madrid
Robert Jan Van Pelt
Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt is internationally recognized as one of the leading authorities on the history of Auschwitz. Between 1997 and 1998 he chaired the team that developed the master plan for the conservation of the Auschwitz camp and, in addition, participated as an expert witness in the famous case against the British historian and writer David Irving (London, 1998-2001), Holocaust denier.
Van Pelt, born in Harleem (Holland), has published several books on the field, including the internationally awarded Auschwitz, 1270 to the Present (Auschwitz: from 1270 to the present, 1996) or The Case for Auschwitz (In defense from Auschwitz, 2002). Throughout his career, he has also developed historical advice in films, as he did in the television documentary Auschwitz: the Nazis and the «Final Solution» (2005) by Laurence Rees and has been one of the curators of such successful exhibitions. as The Evidence Room, inaugurated at the Venice Biennale in 2016.
Van Pelt, born in Harleem (Holland), has published several books on the field, including the internationally awarded Auschwitz, 1270 to the Present (Auschwitz: from 1270 to the present, 1996) or The Case for Auschwitz (In defense from Auschwitz, 2002). Throughout his career, he has also developed historical advice in films, as he did in the television documentary Auschwitz: the Nazis and the «Final Solution» (2005) by Laurence Rees and has been one of the curators of such successful exhibitions. as The Evidence Room, inaugurated at the Venice Biennale in 2016.
Michael Berenbaum
Dr. Michael Berenbaum is an American writer, professor, rabbi and advisor in the conceptual development of museums and historical films. He also directs the Sigi Ziering Institute of the American Jewish University and he is professor of Jewish studies at the American Jewish University (Los Angeles). In 1979 he was appointed deputy director of President Jimmy Carter's commission on the Holocaust. Also, of 1988 he was director of the executive project for the creation of the Museum of the Holocaust of the United States (USHMM) in 1993, where he was exercised as director of its Study Center.
He has also been president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (1997-1999), now the USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to the filming and cataloging of testimonies of Holocaust survivors in 57 countries and in 32 languages. This foundation was created by film director Steven Spielberg after filming Schindler's List. Berenbaum is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death camp (Anatomy of the extermination camp at Auschwitz, 1994, with Israel Gutman). Different film projects in which he has taken part have been awarded by the American Film Academy and the Emmy Awards.
He has also been president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (1997-1999), now the USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to the filming and cataloging of testimonies of Holocaust survivors in 57 countries and in 32 languages. This foundation was created by film director Steven Spielberg after filming Schindler's List. Berenbaum is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death camp (Anatomy of the extermination camp at Auschwitz, 1994, with Israel Gutman). Different film projects in which he has taken part have been awarded by the American Film Academy and the Emmy Awards.
Paul Salmons
Paul Salmons is program director at the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, part of the Institute of Education, University College London. As such, he is responsible for the pedagogical and educational vision of his different activities. Throughout his professional career he has participated in numerous international projects as an educational adviser.
Among these collaborations stands out the one carried out for the UN within the framework of the program of the International Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust, whose basic manual (How to teach the Holocaust) is the main author.
Also, Salmons has extensive experience in museum creation. In this way, in 1998 he participated in the creation of the permanent exhibition on the Holocaust at the Imperial War Museum in London and developed the educational approach of this complex project.
Among these collaborations stands out the one carried out for the UN within the framework of the program of the International Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust, whose basic manual (How to teach the Holocaust) is the main author.
Also, Salmons has extensive experience in museum creation. In this way, in 1998 he participated in the creation of the permanent exhibition on the Holocaust at the Imperial War Museum in London and developed the educational approach of this complex project.
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