Christian Boltanski
Die Zwangsarbeiter – Erinnerung in der Völklinger Hütte
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| Editor(s) | Meinrad Maria Grewenig, Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte |
| Author(s) | Frank Krämer, Inge Plettenberg, Meinrad Maria Grewenig, Peter Backes, Werner Spies |
| Size | 24 x 28 cm |
| Pages | 160 |
| Illustrations | 60 |
| Design | Glas AG |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Language(s) | German |
| ISBN | 978-3-947563-27-2 |
Erinnerungen | Souvenirs | Memoirs
Christian Boltanski (b. 1944, Paris; lives and works in Paris) combines industrial architecture with relics of the working culture in his impressive installation for the Völklingen ironworks – a highly emotional approach to the subject of forced labor.
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