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    Design and Architecture

    The Future of Auschwitz

    Auschwitz has become shorthand for the horrors of the Holocaust. Now, nearly 70 years after the Second World War ended, there is an ongoing debate about how to properly preserve Birkenau, or Auschwitz II.

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    By Frances Anderton • Nov 4, 2014 • 1 min read

    Auschwitz has become shorthand for the horrors of the Holocaust. Now, nearly 70 years after the Second World War ended, there is an ongoing debate about how to properly preserve Birkenau, or Auschwitz II.

    "Thinking the Future of Auschwitz," is now on show at SCI-Arc. KCRW’s Avishay Artsy explores their thinking and the challenge of memorializing this site.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Russell Thomsen

      IDEA

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      Michael Berenbaum

      Holocaust Historian

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      Mark Rothman

      Friends of Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Haunted Screens, Birdman Costumes, The Future of Auschwitz
    1. 0:49German Expressionist Cinema Haunts LACMA
    2. 13:30Designing for Birdman
    3. 22:33The Future of Auschwitz You’re reading this
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