Monday, September 6, 2010

Lego Concentration Camp



A series of 7 Lego kits were designed by Polish artist Zbigniew Libera (I couldn't make that up) in the late 1990's. The initial designs were set to be a prison and a hospital which eventually mutated into a concentration camp with shock therapy stations, gas ovens and mass grave sites. All the Jewish lego pieces were depicted as skeletons. According to a press release issued by the LEGO Group, “If he had described his ultimate project to us in advance, he naturally would not have received a single LEGO element from us!”. These never hit shelves but it was rumoured that they fetched up to $7000 at private auctions. Disturbing...

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