[31/36] Maidanek | Video Tour | The Art of Holocaust Survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz

The 31st image in the timeline of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz’s fabric artworks, created by Esther in 1995. Narrated by her daughter Bernice Steinhardt.

Full video tour playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyLVEx8kWuJOnq1rSygJbbFpCQ811a-oy

Visit https://www.artandremembrance.org/ to learn more about Esther’s art and story, and find lesson plans and other resources for Holocaust and social justice education.

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Full transcript of voiceover:
"After the liberation, Esther went back to Mniszek, but no other Jews had returned. A neighbor thought they might have been taken to Maidanek, a nearby concentration camp. So Esther made her way to the camp, arriving at the gate in her bright yellow dress.

"The camp had been liberated by the Soviet, or Red Army, and some of the soldiers gave Esther a tour. She compressed all the main features of the large camp in this picture: the crematorium, the gas chambers, and at the top, a field of giant cabbages growing on a bed of human ashes. In a building filled with shoes, Esther searched for signs of her mother.

"After seeing all this, Esther joined the Polish Army, then under Red Army command. She was 17 years old."

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