After the end of World War II, writers and philosophers maintained that the Nazi death camps
defied representation; no art could ever do justice to the barbarity. Yet survivors have forced
themselves to try to make sense of the horrors they endured— in literature, in music, and in
visual art. And now, as Auschwitz recedes into the historical distance and the last survivors
disappear, the world cannot afford to forget the legacy these artists have left. This presentation
will examine the remarkable work of several painters, some who survived and some who did
not.