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David Labkovski Returns to Destruction for exhibit 1.mp4David Labkovski Project Executive Director and the artist's great-niece, Leora Raikin, describes Labkovski's return to Vilna.
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When David Labkovski returned to Vilna in 1946, the city was in ruin. Think of the cityscapes of Vilna so full of life; what was once vibrant and beautiful is now war-torn and desolate. These emotional and devastating scenes help us to understand the depth of Labkovski’s mourning for the Jewish community of Vilna.
"Even the buildings and alleys of the village are saturated with sorrow. An oppressive atmosphere lies over them like a cloud of intimated grief. The environment externalizes the feeling of the people. . . The place was orphaned after the age of slaughter."
—Dorit Kedar
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