
Die Mütze – 2023
Oil on canvas. H122 x W90 cm The camp orchestra’s cellist practices. Personal survival in concentration camps was imperative and the ability to play a musical instrument meant a reprieve from selection for the gas chamber. However, this came at a huge cost. The orchestra had to perform for the transports as they arrived from all over occupied Europe. The intention of providing live music was to keep the new arrivals calm...read more