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Skillfully cut, glued together, styrofoam Hebrew letters are stacked one on top of another in a random, pyramid shape. The letters may be a metaphor for victims of the Holocaust. The glass box could represent Kristelnacht, when the Nazis destroyed the glass windows of Jewish shops and burned Jewish books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Skillfully cut, glued together, styrofoam Hebrew letters are stacked one on top of another in a random, pyramid shape. The letters may be a metaphor for victims of the Holocaust. The glass box could represent Kristelnacht, when the Nazis destroyed the glass windows of Jewish shops and burned Jewish books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is a collection of Austrian Jewish poetry. Peter Daniel contributes four poems, one titled "the Victims of the Victims" which reads, "At the 50th anniversary of the Anschlussan Austrian politician proclaimed; "Austria was the first victim of Nazi Germany,and the Jews were the victims of the victims."In other words:The Germans were the perpetratorsand the Austrians - who were "victims"-were called upon to sacrificethe Jews.But the politicianfailed to mentionhow willinglythat "sacrifice" was made.The afterward states that the current Jewish population of Austria is 15,000 from a pre WWII total of 200,000. "Before the Holocaust, Jews were in the forefront of Austrian culture. Those Austrian artists and intellectuals who survived continued to make a cultural contribution in the United States, Great Britain and elsewhere. However, after the war, no invitation to return to Austria was extended, and those emigres who came back were not awarded Austrian citizenship. They had to apply...