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Figures (Unnamed), 1987 Sitting woman, 1967 The Rall Call Lasted Very Long ... My Feet Hurt Very Much, ca. 1944-45 The Burning Ladder, 1995 Reminisences, 1998 Ant-hill, 1998
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14 paintings
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Brief notes about the artist.
41 painting
1,325 words
Jozef Szejna's textual and artisitc contribution to the webpages of a "Why Auschwitz? Why Kolyma? Why Kosovo?" competition organzed by Znak, a Polish Christian Culture Foundation.
One graphic
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A graphic by Szajna with a linked Choices and Attitudes personal statement by the artist.
450 words
12 photos
Brief biography of Jozef Szajna and photo gallery of his talk
several photos Photographs of Jozef Szajna work: enlarged photographs of Buchenwald inmates and pasted on huge cardboard cutouts
785 words Biographical information regarding the artist's sojourn in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald Concentration Camps during WWII
26 minute long video Interview with artist touching on: First works of art in the concentration camps; Artists at Auschwitz; Transport from Auschwitz to Buchenwald; Making art in the concentration camps; Rediscovery of paintings after the war; Experiences in the concentration camp; Fear of being caught making art; Artistic manifestations in the camp; Concentration camp experience in postwar art; Role of art in concentration camps
1,045 words An artistic biography also reproduced by DioPozytyw
one paintings
430 words
Article occasioned by a December 2002 exhibition Jozef Szejna - Theater held at the DAP Gallery in Warsaw
550 words A brief biography of the artist, listing his experiences as a Concentration Camp inmate during WWII and his directorial theater career in post-war Poland
Titles of artworks and sources of visuals - at top: from the left
    "Figures (Unnamed)," 1987
    "Sitting woman," 1967
    "The Rall Call Lasted Very Long ... My Feet Hurt Very Much, ca. 1944-45" ca. 1944-45
    "The Burning Ladder," 1995
    "Reminisences," 1998
    "Ant-hill," 1998
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