WV6850 : Forced labourer sculpture

Forced labourer sculpture
Emerging from the German WWII underground bunker at La Hougue Bie.
The sculpture is the work of Dutch-born artist and Belsen survivor Maurice Blik.
He says 'It is essentially a figure pushing itself out of the ground but the head is turned around 180 degrees to give the awareness of dislocation, without being totally obvious.'
It is representative of the 12 million labourers forced to work by the Nazis throughout Europe.
According to the Germans' own records there were 5,300 working in Jersey in May 1943 constructing defences such as the bunker beneath this grass.
The sculpture is the work of Dutch-born artist and Belsen survivor Maurice Blik.
He says 'It is essentially a figure pushing itself out of the ground but the head is turned around 180 degrees to give the awareness of dislocation, without being totally obvious.'
It is representative of the 12 million labourers forced to work by the Nazis throughout Europe.
According to the Germans' own records there were 5,300 working in Jersey in May 1943 constructing defences such as the bunker beneath this grass.
year taken
2009
- Grid Square
- WV6850, 15 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Bob Embleton (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 7 May, 2010
- Category
- Sculpture (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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MGRS:
WV 6816 5016 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:12.0267N 2:3.8613W - Photographer Location
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MGRS:
WV 6817 5016 - View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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