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Der letzte Tag, 1944

(c) Bildrecht, 2019
(c) Bildrecht, 2019
(c) Bildrecht, 2019
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    • The last day, 1944
    • Der letzte Tag, 1944
  • 2009
  • Ink on paper
  • 29,7 × 41,6 cm
The ink drawings by Ceija Stojka allude quite graphically to the atrocities inflicted upon concentration camp inmates. The emaciated, closely packed bodies of these human beings are represented only via their contours, and the faces’ partial lack of features demonstrates how individuals disappeared within the masses. The ubiquitous motif of barbed wire as a symbol of pain is constantly present, as are the drawn silhouettes of the overseers with their tools of punishment along with quotations of their outrageous utterances. W.S.