COLORED BY WAR art exhibit

A interactive, visual monument of remembrance for postwar generations by visual artist Monica van Rijn containing stories that you choose to pass on to future generations. The purpose: Tell the stories before they disappear. By promoting a better understanding og the long term effect of hatred and war, we promote a better appreciation of tolerance and peace. This installation is composed of portraits on diaries, and film interviews with people who can best teach us: survivors and their families. www.coloredbywar.com

COLORED BY WAR art exhibit

Monica van Rijn, a visual artist, is passionate about stories, family stories and in this TEDx talk she tells us with great passion why they are so important and why she thinks they can contribute to a better understanding, more peace and tolerance.

Eva Geiringer Schloss

(born 11 May 1929) is a Holocaust survivor memoirist and stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and Anne Frank.

A visual artist

Monica van Rijn, a visual artist, is passionate about stories, family stories and in this TEDx talk she tells us with great passion why they are so important and why she thinks they can contribute to a better understanding, more peace and tolerance.

of WWII camp survivors”

(11 short 3- minute films) Interviewing Arnon Grunberg 

She created the exhibition Colored by war.

The parents of artist Monica van Rijn (66) were both in Auschwitz. They survived, but their family was never heard from again. The war still has a major influence on Monica, who was born in 1950 but grew up in the US. She created the exhibition Colored by war. “We have to keep capturing stories.”

De Holocaust

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the systematic persecution and genocide of Jews by the Nazis and their allies before and during World War II. During the Nazi regime, between 5.1 and 6 million European Jews were murdered.

The music is from Unfinished Songs.

The lyrics are written and performed by Robin Halvers. She has all the lyric rights. The music is from Unfinished Songs. The lyrics can not be used without permission or approval. The inspiration for this song was an artwork called Colored by War.