Voices of the Next Generations

Next generations of former prisoners of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp tell their stories

Voices

Video Still from "Shoe Test 2", showing George Saxon from above, looking into the camera.

Shoe Test #2

„Shoe Test #2“ is part of a larger body of proposed work by George Saxon that uses moving image, text, duration and performance to explore extreme endurance of forced labour at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Six hands grasp a tree, a treetop and the roots. The tree has no leaves. The picture is framed by an arched window, the window frame is dark. The background of the picture is a delicate light green.

His Story, My Future

Stories are powerful. Hearing a certain story can change your life. It can change the way you think, the way you act.

Fimstill aus dem Film "Sad Eeys" von Petra Hörig (2022)

Sad Eyes

Die Idee für den Film entwickelte Petra Hörig im Rahmen eines Visual-Collage-Workshops mit der Filmemacherin Leona Goldstein während der Veranstaltung Voices of the Next Generations im September 2022 in der Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen.

Black and white photograph of George Saxon, standing on the cobble stones that are indicating the location of a former barrack.

Block 46

The video „Block: 46“ was made by George Saxon in response to his participation in the international exchange for descendants of former prisoners at Sachsenhausen Memorial.

Lotus Lemaire and George Saxon holding up a huge pink triangle, situatet between two barracks in the memorial.

Pink Triangle: Sachsenhausen

The video „Pink Triangle: Sachsenhausen“ was made by Lotus Lemaire and George Saxon, on location at the Sachsenhausen Memorial, as part of Voices of the Next Generation International Exchange (15-18 September 2022).

Painting of Edouard Calic. He wears a suit with a black hat and looks very serious.

Erinnerungen an Edouard Calic

Mein Großvater sprach mehrere Sprachen fließend und hatte eine gestochen scharfe Handschrift, weshalb er zeitweise für die Registrierung neu angekommener Häftlinge eingesetzt wurde…

To Bring Back the Trauma

Anouk Focquier, granddaughter of Belgian resistance fighters who were captured, tortured and killed in Nazi concentration camps, talks about bringing back the family trauma.