Temple Beth Sholom

Review for the «Forbidden Art» exhibit.
I came here with a friend and her family during opening day and what a treat because Dr. Cywinski was in attendance. Dr. Cywinski was the director of the Auschwitz-​Birkenau Memorial and Museum where some of the 20 large scale photographs were taken from. There were also other guest speakers but it was about the art they illegally made which was the focal point.
I wish some of the actual pieces made it here but it was photographs of them and a short note about the artist and a fact about either the painting, sculpture, or whichever object was photographed.
The couple rooms they used was fantastic for these pictures to be displayed at. Because these art were created by death camp prisoners, it was mainly about self expression rather than their creative use of art medium. The messages they were trying to send was clear: reality of the camps and a creative way to escape.
If you happened to be in the area I would have recommend you stop by for an hour and browse through these self impression pieces, also a film I always like recommending people to watch is Schindler’s List.