Voices of the Next Generations

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

Video

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.

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.

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.

Jan Lemaire: Men in Zebra

From early 1942 until 1945 our grandfather Jan Lemaire was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen. When we were 15, our grandmother gave us his book…