Jewish Women as Subjects and Creators of Holocaust Art

Author(s)

Digital Commons, Augustana College - Rock IslandFollow
Rebekah N. Kalmbach, Augustana College, Rock Island IllinoisFollow

Course

FYI 102

Document Type

Student Paper

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Disciplines

European History | Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

There are pieces of Holocaust and post-Holocaust art that portray the Jewish woman as a symbol of victimhood and suffering, but do these depictions allow the narratives of Jewish women to be heard, or do they stifle them? Instead of focusing on the Jewish women as symbols of objectified self-sacrifice, there should be more focus on the art created by Jewish women who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust through their creations. By examining the art and experiences of Jewish women in concentration camps, space is made for their voices, and they are no longer representational, but intrinsically human.

Comments

Honorable Mention Winner, 2024

Augustana Digital Commons Citation

Commons, Digital and Kalmbach, Rebekah N.. "Jewish Women as Subjects and Creators of Holocaust Art" (2024). Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/geifmanprize/27