Marbacher Linde, 2019
analog photograph
Lambda Print, mounted on 2mm Dibond,
91,8 x 131.3 cm, framed
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Location: Marbach linden tree, view from Mauthausen
Technique: The negative was boiled before exposure.
Concept: Shortly before the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp, the crematorium furnaces’ capacity was insufficient to burn all the dead. Thousands of corpses were therefore hastily buried in the area around the concentration camp, including underneath the Marbach linden tree. This place, situated less than two hundred meters from the former concentration camp, has remained a popular recreational destination to this day. No markers or plaques indicate what took place there.