To create thought around Yom Hashoah, known in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, Radio Curious revisits an archive interview with Ralph Appelbaum, designer the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., which opened in April 1993.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor, is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
To create thought around Yom Hashoah, known in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day I offer you an archive interview with Ralph Appelbaum, the designer the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington D.C., which opened in April 1993, when this interview was recorded.
When Ralph Appelbaum and I were Peace Corp Volunteers in the mid1960s, living in nearby towns in southern Peru, we often shared our future plans. This interview shares the story of one of Ralphâs plans which he manifested on a material plane, about 30 years later.Â
Appelbaum says that a museumâs architecture should focus on the experience by creating time and space events. In the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Appelbuamâs design depicts the suffering, torture and death of millions of people during World War II in Europe, on land controlled by fascist Nazis. He also directs attention to the responsibility of bystanders.
Please keep in mind that this interview was recorded in April 1993. That was when Ralph Appelbaum and I visited by phone from his loft in New York City. We began when I asked him to describe his vision of a museum designer.Â
The audio of this program was enhanced by Gregg McVicer of UnderCurrentsradio.net, who was our guest in 2013.
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Holocaust Remembrance and the Responsibility of Bystanders
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