Destins croisés / Crossed destinies: Etty Hillesum, Charlotte Salomon and Hélène Berr
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism
Collage from: Detail from a self-portrait of Charlotte Salomon, gouache, around 1940
Charlotte Salomon Foundation Amsterdam; Hélène Berr in Aubergenville (Yvelines), France, 1942/43 © Mémorial de la Shoah / Coll. Mariette Job; Etty Hillesum, 1937, photographed by Bernard Meylink; Photo: Jewish Museum Amsterdam
On 27 January, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, we remember three young European women who were murdered in the Shoah: Etty Hillesum (Netherlands), Charlotte Salomon (Germany) and Hélène Berr (France). Etty Hillesum's writings, Charlotte Salomon's paintings and Hélène Berr's diary reflect the persecution of the Jews from different perspectives. Their artworks also shed light on different ways of experiencing life under Nazi rule. We can learn from their works how individual forms of self-assertion developed into impressive manifestations of Jewish resistance.
Mo 27 Jan 2025, 6.30 pm
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Three academics present the life and work of the three artists and discuss their legacy. Judith Koelemejer (founder of the Etty Hillesum Research Centre, Amsterdam) will talk about Etty Hillesum, Mariette Job (niece and editor of Hélène Berr, France) will introduce Hélène Berr and Inka Bertz (Jewish Museum Berlin) will talk about the artist Charlotte Salomon. Karene Baranès-Bénichou (founder of Association Memory - Women in Art and Jewish Memory, initiator of the event, Tel-Aviv) will moderate.
In co-operation with the French Embassy in Berlin.
