The Capture & Trial Of Adolf Eichmann
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan lets visitors relive the 1961 court proceedings through an exhibition containing the bulletproof booth Eichmann sat behind while facing counts including genocide and crimes against humanity during his widely-televised trial.
On display until December 22
David Wisnia Survived Auschwitz.
After Escaping Dachau, He Joined the 101st Airborne
On September 1, 1939, 13-year-old David Wisnia awoke to the sound of planes flying over his home in Warsaw, Poland. That was at around 5a.m. and by noon that day, Polish radio had announced the Germans had attacked the airport and destroyed Poland's planes.
New German Monument Honors Gays And Lesbians Persecuted By Nazis
The city of Munich unveiled its “Monument to the Gays and Lesbians Persecuted under the Nazi Regime.” The memorial, created by the German artist Ulla von Brandenburg, is a mosaic of colored concrete blocks that marks the site of a gay bar raided by the Nazis on October 20, 1934.
BANNED BOOKS FORM MONUMENTAL ARTWORK
Argentinian artist Marta Minujín, 74, has created a monumental replica of the Greek Parthenon from 100,000 copies of banned books. According to the artist, it symbolizes resistance to political repression.
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