Akryl, metalplade, blyant. Karton.

Reinhard Heydrich og Adolf Eichmann var to af de hovedansvarlige nazister for Holocaust, betegnelsen for det systematiske folkemord på især jøder under 2. verdenskrig. Mellem 5 og 6 millioner jøder blev myrdet, heraf 4 millioner i tyske koncentrationslejre. 1,2 millioner af de myrdede var jødiske børn. Både Heydrich og Eichmann havde selv små børn i den tid, hvor de forestod folkemordet på jøderne.

På billedets øverste del ses Heydrich og Eichmann med SS-kasketter. Nederst er de malet uden kasketter, men med samme hovedstørrelser. Her leger de med deres børn, bl.a. med LEGO-klodser (som dog først blev opfundet efter krigen).

Reinhard Heydrich var SS-General (Obergruppenführer) og chef for det tyske sikkerhedspoliti. (Reichssicherheitshauptamt). Han stod I spidsen for Endlösung der Judenfrage (Den endelige løsning på jødespørgsmålet). Han organiserede konferencen i Wannsee, hvor Holocaust blev planlagt.

Han blev skudt af tjekkiske partisaner i 1942, da han var udpeget som øverste leder, Rigsprotektor, af de besatte områder, Bøhmen og Mæhren.

Adolf Eichmann var oberstløjtnant i SS (Obersturmbannführer). Han arbejdede tæt sammen med Heydrich omkring logistikken bag massedeportationerne af jøder til ghettoerne og koncentrationslejrene. Det lykkedes ham efter krigen at flygte til Argentina. I 1960 blev han fanget af israelske agenter og ført til Israel, hvor han blev dømt for krigsforbrydelser og henrettet.

Acrylic, sheet metal, pencil. Carton.

Reinhard Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann were two of the main Nazis responsible for the Holocaust, the term given to the systematic genocide of (especially) Jews during World War II. Between 5 and 6 million Jews were murdered, of which 4 million in German concentration camps. 1.2 million of those murdered were Jewish children. Both Heydrich and Eichmann themselves had small children at the time of the genocide of the Jews.

In the upper part of the picture, Heydrich and Eichmann can be seen with SS caps. At the bottom, they are painted without caps but with the same head sizes. Here they are playing with their children, including with LEGO bricks (not invented until after the war, however).

Reinhard Heydrich was SS-General (Obergruppenführer) and head of the German security police (Reichssicherheitshauptamt). He spearheaded the final solution to the Jewish question, Endlösung der Judenfrage. He organized the conference in Wannsee where the Holocaust was planned. He was shot by Czech partisans in 1942 when he was appointed supreme leader, Rigsprotektor, of the occupied territories, Bohemia and Moravia.Adolf Eichmann was a lieutenant colonel in the SS (Obersturmbannführer). He worked closely with Heydrich on the logistics behind the mass deportations of Jews to the ghettos and concentration camps. After the war, he managed to escape to Argentina. In 1960, he was captured by Israeli agents and taken to Israel, where he was convicted of war crimes and executed.

Acryl, Metallblech, Bleistift. Karton.