ArtHouse Jersey's commemorative exhibition will remember Jersey deportees who were sent to a prison camp in a town called Wurzach.
Arthouse Jersey's Liberation 80 exhibition will feature the work of four Jersey artists alongside archival materials collected by families.
'Structures & Memory (A Place Called Wurzach)' has been inspired by the memories and experiences of Jersey deportees.
From the Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage, watercolour painting of the Hepburn family’s area of room 56 in the camp. Courtesy of the Channel Islands Occupation Society
It recollects experiences of displacement, occupation and reconciliation of islanders who were sent to a prison camp in the small town of Wurzach in Southern Germany during World War II..
It features the work of four Jersey artists - composer Emily de Gruchy, documentary photographer Shan O’Donnell, sculptural and performance artists Oliver Le Gresley and Nicole Sheppard - alongside archival materials collected by the families of deportees to Bad Wurzach during the war.
From the Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage, a series of signatures of internees entitled, 'Wurzach, 1942' by C. Tipping
ArtHouse Jersey has worked closely with the St Helier Bad Wurzach Partnerschaft on the collection.
It opens to the public on 1 May until 8 June at Capital House.
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