TWINS OF MENGELE

TWINS OF MENGELE 2023

OLINDO CASAZZA© 

Limited Edition 1/100

The Artwork :

I created this extraordinary work of art during a very difficult period in my life, equating it to a specific historical period, and which made me reflect by analogy on the Nazi experiments on the Aryan race.

In May 1943,for the Holocaust,following in the footsteps of his mentor, biologist Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, who had studied them extensively, during his service at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Josef Mengele decided to choose identical twins as his guinea pigs.

Historical Significance :

 Shouting "Zwillinge heraus!" ("Twins out!"), the doctor—also known as the "White Angel" because of the white overcoat he wore, which contrasted sharply with the uniforms of Nazi soldiers—selected at least three thousand twins, usually by tearing them from their parents. And in the experimental barracks of Kappa-Zeta in Auschwitz, Camp B II d, the simultaneous death of twins regularly occurred. Dr. Josef Mengele took them from him. But Mengele was in Auschwitz primarily to pursue his pseudoscientific research interests on race. He was convinced that genetics could make a decisive contribution to identifying the dominant traits of the Aryan race, maintaining its purity, and reproducing it.

Technical Details :
Medium: New Media on professional paper
Edition: Limited 1/100 - Numbered and certified piece
Available sizes: S / M / L
Year of Creation: 2023
Artist: Olindo Casazza

A certificate of authenticity is included with every purchase, dated, numbered, and hand-signed by the artist O.C.