The events of the Second World War, their mass scale and cruelty left a distinct trace in post-1945 art. Works referring to dramatic and often very private wartime experiences were created long after it ended assuming highly diverse forms: from symbolic monuments commemorating the heroes’ great bravery to highly dramatic narrative stories of Nazi camps and omnipresent death. The artists treated their works as a way to give testimony or express deeply hidden difficult emotions.
Art responding to the War and Holocaust
Art responding to the War and Holocaust