Event
Beyond the Abyss, photos of the Auschwitz-I and Auschwitz-II Birkenau camps by Olivier Mériel
In January and November 2024, French photographer Olivier Mériel accompanied two school trips involving high school students from Normandy to the sites of Auschwitz-I and Auschwitz-II Birkenau camps. On each occasion, nearly 150 students and teachers explored the remnants of the Holocaust and the Nazi concentration camp system as part of educational projects designed to encourage young people to reflect on the historical, memorial, and civic dimensions of this genocide. These school trips were organized as part of the “Memory of Auschwitz” initiative led by the Normandy Region and the Shoah Memorial, in partnership with the Normandy Regional Academic Authority and the Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Forestry of Normandy.
As part of the 2025 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the exhibition will be presented on the fences of UNESCO House in Paris from 20 January to 28 February.
Selected photos of the exhibition
