Q1. What makes the art collection at the Auschwitz Memorial Museum unique? What kind of art is included at the museum?
Q2. Looking at the collection immediately below the ?rst paragraph use the arrow on the right side of the page to scan the four selected pieces there. Which one of the pieces strikes you as the most interesting and why?
Q3. What kind of art did the SS commission while at Auschwitz?
Q4. The majority of the art that was created in Auschwitz was done so illegally, how so?
Q5. What was the basis for the artistic creation of the pieces? Why were inmates creating pieces of art inside the hellacious experience of Auschwitz? What could inmates receive for creating a piece for the SS?
Q6. Analyze the testimonies, which ones stand out to you and why?
Q7. Look under the tab called Carpentry shop, what kind of pieces were created from those working in the carpentry shop? Which piece stands out to you the most?
Q8. In the Locksmith's Shop, what was being created?
Q9. What was happening with the Construction Of?ce? Wtadys'raw Siwek, a former inmate of Auschwitz makes a unique statement that artists were not allowed to paint inmates in of?cial paintings of the camp, why were artists prohibited from doing so?
Q10. What role did the Camp Printing Press have at Auschwitz? What was the Bilderbuch?
Q11. Looking at the art created for the SS Physicians, why is it important to see the color portraits of the Roma?
Q12. Examine the works created for the Lagermuseum. What was the Lagermuseum? How did the Lagermuseum play an important role in camp life?
Q13. What role did wall paintings have to play in the camp itself?
Q14. Which wall painting in the Auschwitz Block stands out to you?
Q15. How did the SS utilize propaganda in the camp through art?
Q16. Analyze the paintings in the Canteen Hall, what did they consist of or try to show?