THE EARTH REMEMBERS,
THE SOIL CRIES OUT
Uncovering Forebears
a pilgrimage to Sobibor death camp
a journey to Poland:
a land steeped in the blood of its past
Works in response to these events. On wood, paper, board, photography, videos and the written word
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Built especially for the Commandant of Sobibor this house is now a family home where the owner sells beer to visitors;
the unloading ramp still lies in front of it. 750,000 people disembarked here, sent, unknowingly, to their imminent murder.
Most were killed within 3 hours of arrival.
The journey to Sobibor death camp, Eastern Poland, on its border with Ukraine.
The estimated 750,000 people murdered here were mainly transported by train, although Jews imprisoned in nearby ghettos, eg Wlodawa or Lublin, were chased, running, for miles to trucks that brought them by road.
Most of the people murdered here had no idea of the fate that awaited them at this destination.
Nor did they know to where they were travelling.