Will Lammert created the Jewish Memorial sculpture just before he died in 1957. This sculpture is located in Berlin in an area, which prior to Hitler’s Germany was a local Jewish cemetery. Lammert intended for his work to honor the Jews deported to a concentration camp from this cite, the location of a prosperous Jewish community. This section of Germany was destroyed during World War two, when a majority of Jewish citizens either fled or were taken to concentration camps (Public Art Around the World).
Lammert uses uniformity and a dismal color in his sculpture to emphasize the horrific treatment of Jews during World War II. The sculpture depicts ten Jews all standing and facing the same direction and one who is sitting and looking down. All the people in this sculpture look about the same because of their clothing, facial expressions and stance. Lammert used this uniformity to show Hitler’s and the Nazis’ view on Jews during the Holocaust, when Jews were all put into to a group and not seen as individuals. The color of the bronze is a dark brown. This symbolizes the dark life Jews had during the Holocaust. The dismal mood in this sculpture symbolizes the mood during Hitler and the Nazi’s Germany during the Holocaust (Public Art Around the World).
Lammert’s sculpture is a good representation of the effect of a leader who abused his power. Hitler granted himself the authority to try to eliminate a religious group. Hitler killed and abused millions of people in concentration camps, started World War II, and brought Germany and other countries a huge amount of debt. As a result of Hitler overlooking basic human rights He is now seen as one of the most terrible leaders in history. Hitler abused his power and killed millions in the process. This sculpture indirectly depicts Hitler’s abuse of power because it shows the dismal mood of Germany during Hitler’s rule (Public Art Around the World).
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