The Shoah Museum in Rome has acquired a chunk by reserved up to date pop artist aleXsandro Palombo after it was defaced in an obvious act of antisemitism.
The mural, which depicts Liliana Segre and Sami Modiano, the final two Italian survivors of Auschwitz, was defaced a number of instances and even erased by vandals.
Segre and Modiano are proven in striped clothes underneath inexperienced bullet-proof vests with yellow Stars of David on them, and there are even representations of the serial numbers tattooed on them by the Nazis. The perpetrators vandalized Segre and Modiano’s faces, in addition to the celebrities on their chests, however left the numbers on their arms untouched.
“They took away my face, my identification, they erased the yellow star, however they left the quantity tattooed on my arm,” Segre mentioned.
aleXsandro Palombo’s mural depicting Holocaust survivors Liliana Segre and Sami Modiano earlier than it was vandalized (aleXsandro Palombo)
aleXsandro Palombo’s mural depicting Holocaust survivors Liliana Segre and Sami Modiano after it was vandalized (aleXsandro Palombo)
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Palombo ultimately reproduced the piece, and it’s now a part of the museum’s everlasting assortment.
“Artwork is the best expression of freedom, and repeatedly attacking a piece that portrays two survivors of Auschwitz highlights how the very worth of democracy and all our freedoms is at risk,” Palombo mentioned in a press release. “The gesture of braveness and resistance of the Shoah Museum of Rome and the Italian Jewish neighborhood is a superb and valuable lesson in civilization for all of us, who responded to the antisemitic violence and hatred of those new types of social and cultural terrorism with a strong motion of the Risorgimento.”
Palombo has made a number of items honoring the Holocaust, and his different works haven’t been spared from vandalism.
A chunk entitled “Arbeit macht frei,” which reveals Hungarian author and Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck wrapped in an Israeli flag was additionally defaced, with a lot of the flag being erased. The title of this mural is identical phrase the Nazis placed on the gates of Auschwitz, and it interprets to “work makes you free.”
Bruck informed Italian newspaper La Stampa that she was saddened however not shocked by the vandalism, saying that “antisemitism is a tsunami.”
The mural of Bruck has additionally been acquired by the Shoah Museum in Rome.
aleXsandro Palombo’s mural of Hungarian author and Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck earlier than and after it was defaced by vandals (aleXsandro Palombo)
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One other one in every of Palombo’s items that was vandalized was entitled “Halt! Stoj!,” which depicted Segre, Modiano and Burk alongside Pope Francis, who’s outfitted with a cross and an indication studying “antisemitism is in every single place.” The 4 are depicted as Simpsons characters, a typical motif for Palombo. Whereas the picture of the pope was not broken, vandals defaced the Stars of David on the three Holocaust survivors.
aleXsandro Palombo’s mural of three Holocaust survivors and Pope Francis earlier than and after it was vandalized. (aleXsandro Palombo)
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Palombo, a recent pop artist and activist, used popular culture references in his paintings, together with celebrities and cartoon characters from the Simpsons and Disney. Considered one of his most iconic works is the “Simpsons deported to Auschwitz,” which reveals Marge, Homer, Maggie, Bart and Lisa earlier than and after the focus camp, referencing the emaciated state of Holocaust survivors liberated from Nazi camps.