REMEMBER

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Artist: Caren Garfen

Title: REMEMBER

Attribution: Remember, 2023, Caren Garfen

Year: 2023

Materials: Vintage cotton handkerchief made in Germany, silk threads. Hand stitch

Dimensions: 28cm x 28cm x 4cm

Image Statement: The names of 130 Jewish females, ranging from 5 months to 81 years of age, were selected by the artist because their forenames began with the letter ‘J’. There is one exception, Fortuna Capelouto, who was ruthlessly murdered alongside her twin sister Juliette, at the tender age of five. These names have been carefully hand-sewn onto a vintage cotton handkerchief originating from Germany. These people hailed from all over Europe. Each of these innocent souls fell victim of the merciless cruelty of the Nazis and their collaborators, who spared no one, regardless of age or circumstance. Pregnant women, mothers with small children and the elderly alike were all condemned to their deaths upon arrival at concentration and extermination camps.