Boris Kobe : Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies :...
Rated • 8 reviews • art, tarot, ww2 • umn.edu
Slovenia's major contribution at the International Conference was an installation of concentration camp tarot cards of Kobe - which in a unique way, created a special monument to historical memory.
The contextual framework and point of departure of the art project is a deck of tarot cards made in the Allach concentration camp in Germany by Kobe, a Slovene architect and painter. As a whole, this work of art represents a visual summary of life in a concentration camp, the main vehicle of which consists of Kobe's tragic and humiliating sequences spiced with acrid humor. At the same time, this tiny exhibit is a miniature chronicle of the twilight of humanity brought about by Nazism, which regarded a human being, and therefore the artist himself, as a mere number."
These drawings are eire and disturbing, but you should chekc them and remember. I guess the most important thing to remember is that one shall never forget that human beings are mere "numbers".










