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Auschwitz-Birkenau.

By  Phil Whiting 2005
I painted this in one day : 27th January 2005 on an old roll of canvas after a visit to Auschwitz - Birkenau the previous month. It forms part of my project 'Places of Mourning in the Western World'.
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SOUTH WESTERLY BLOWING FOG OVER BOSCAWEN

AFTER AUSCHWITZ: THE LONG WAY HOME

The Woodpecker. Auschwitz - Birkenau

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