Resist through art and literature

© Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

In Europe subjected to the German yoke, whether it is the territories occupied by the Third Reich or in the countries allied with it, all forms of opposition are muzzled. The arts, literature and press are closely controlled and put at the service of authoritarian regimes. In the ghettos, prisons, and camps of all types that are proliferating across German Europe and see millions of people passing through, art becomes both a way to escape reality but also, and above all, to set testimonies on what takes place then in these places where death often constitutes the probable horizon.

educational booklet