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Prisoners' Objects - Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (Hardcover)
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Prisoners' Objects - Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (Hardcover)
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum houses an
extraordinary collection of 'prisoners' objects'. These were made
by prison inmates and presented to the ICRC delegates who visited
them, as provided for by the Geneva Conventions. For over a
century, these objects have borne mute witness to the numerous
violent episodes that continue to ravage our planet, from Chile,
Vietnam, Algeria and Yugoslavia, to Rwanda and Afghanistan. Made
from simple materials - whatever comes to hand in a prison - these
objects express the need to escape the world of the jailbird. As a
Lebanese inmate puts it, 'Creating is a way of acquiring freedom of
expression, it gives us a means to say what we think while
everything we see around urges us to keep quiet and to forget who
we are.' While some of these works touch us through their
simplicity, others astonish us with their beauty or ingeniousness.
Each bears the imprint of a personal story loaded with emotion,
inviting us on a journey through time and collective history.
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