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Witnessing the Suffering of Others in Watercolor and Pencil : Jadwiga Simon-Pietkiewicz’s Holocaust Art Exhibited in Sweden, 1945-46

Martínez, Victoria Van Orden LU (2023) In Holocaust and Genocide Studies 37(2). p.273-293
Abstract
In the Holocaust’s immediate aftermath (1945–1946), a small gallery in Lund, Sweden exhibited the paintings and drawings of Polish artist Jadwiga Simon-Pietkiewicz, which depicted her former fellow inmates in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. This exhibit and subsequent exhibitions elsewhere in Sweden marked rare instances of early postwar Holocaust art displayed in a country that had been relatively unaffected by the Holocaust. By analyzing the response of the Swedish public and press to the artwork in these exhibits, as well as Swedish and international responses to “atrocity photos” of the liberation, the author broadens our understanding of Holocaust art, early testimonies, and agency and resistance during and after the Holocaust.
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Holocaust art, Sweden, Testimonies, Resistance, Atrocity photos, survivors, Ravensbrück, Ravensbrück achive, Polish survivors
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Holocaust and Genocide Studies
volume
37
issue
2
pages
21 pages
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Oxford University Press
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  • scopus:85183154876
ISSN
8756-6583
DOI
10.1093/hgs/dcad020
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English
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2025-04-11 12:25:36
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