A 47-minute sequence, Europe after 1945 is a video made by Leon Kahane during the exhibition held at the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin in 2015. It shows a walk through the museum space that celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The exhibition focused on the situation of European countries at the time of Liberation, providing a reflection on the evolution of Europe. Leon Kahane films the documents on display, including court documents from the Nuremberg trials belonging to his grandparents, Max and Doris Kahane, who after surviving the Holocaust attended the trials as journalists. Leon Kahane is interested in the transmission of memory and focuses his camera primarily on the visitors to the exhibition. For the artist, contemporary Europe cannot be understood without knowledge of historical upheavals.

Text written by Rosanne Moulin as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

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