Overlayering the text over the image brings together two acts of witnessing: the text, anchored in the time of the event, and the photographic trace of a derelict site which bears the traces of successive half-hearted attempts at bulldozing it, as evidence of a 21st century mourning, in retrospect.
TRANSLATION:
13th March 1942, evening
'I went to Camp J: three are dying of hunger. One looks terrified. The other is in a state of total confusion. The third, a German, answers with a smile —'well'— to my question 'How are you feeling?'. His gaze is devoid of craving. One senses that he no longer needs anything.'
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