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ادوات السجل العروض	1944 Auschwitz إزالة من الاختيار ضف للاختيار رقم الكائنM2007/066 العنوان1944 Auschwitz الوصفClay sculpture created for the Sydney Jewish Museum by Susan Rozsa dedicated to her friend Hedy Binet who did not survive the war. It depicts two seated figures, one holding a bowl and spoon; another bowl and spoon are on the ground. The women have been marked by a large red cross on the back of their camp uniform, indicating that they are due to be "wiped out". They are shaven and have no faces. The sculpture immortalises their intolerable suffering and hopelessness. Inscribed on the base of the sculpture is '1944 Auschwitz' and 'A-20770 + 71' - the tattoo numbers of both the figures. There are five posts with wire connecting them along the top and bottom signifying the electrified fence. The figures are Susan (the donor) and her friend Hedy Binet. With the two faceless seated figures, she has captured the essence of the inhuman treatment she and Hedy had to endure whilst in Auschwitz. مكان الإنتاجSydney, New South Wales, Australia التاريخ 2007 الموضوعsurvivors, art, sculptures, memory اسم الكائنsculptures مادةclay الأبعاد base diameter: 230.00 mm height: 120.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Susan Rozsa

رقم الكائنM2007/066

العنوان1944 Auschwitz

الوصفClay sculpture created for the Sydney Jewish Museum by Susan Rozsa dedicated to her friend Hedy Binet who did not survive the war. It depicts two seated figures, one holding a bowl and spoon; another bowl and spoon are on the ground. The women have been marked by a large red cross on the back of their camp uniform, indicating that they are due to be "wiped out". They are shaven and have no faces. The sculpture immortalises their intolerable suffering and hopelessness. Inscribed on the base of the sculpture is '1944 Auschwitz' and 'A-20770 + 71' - the tattoo numbers of both the figures. There are five posts with wire connecting them along the top and bottom signifying the electrified fence. The figures are Susan (the donor) and her friend Hedy Binet.

With the two faceless seated figures, she has captured the essence of the inhuman treatment she and Hedy had to endure whilst in Auschwitz.

مكان الإنتاجSydney, New South Wales, Australia

التاريخ 2007

الموضوعsurvivors, art, sculptures, memory

اسم الكائنsculptures

مادةclay

الأبعاد

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Susan Rozsa

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