Reminiscences of a Displaced Person

Sometimes we escaped into the fields, Kassel/Mattenberg D.P. Camp.

With my new friends, just after arriving in the Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1945

Myself, with my brother Adolfas, Kassel/Mattenberg, 1948

Picking up the weekly firewood ration, Kassel/Mattenberg D.P. Camp, 1948

Myself, Kassel, 1947

We are being transported to another camp

Algirdas, Landsbergis, myself, Leo Adams, Kassel, 1948

Waiting to be transported to another camp, Kassel/Mattenberg, 1948

A scene from Kassel/Mattenberg, 1948

Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1945

With my new friends just after arriving in Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1945

German children, Kassel, 1948

Children, Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1946

My brother Adolfas looking over the Kassel/Mattenberg D.P. Camp, 1948

My brother Adolfas looking over the Kassel/Mattenberg D.P. Camp, 1948

Postwar street scene, Kassel, 1948

Kassel/Mattenberg, myself overlooking the D.P. Camp, 1948, photo: Adolfas Mekas

Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1945

My brother Adolfas, Algirdas Landsbergis and myself, Wiesbaden, 1945

Kassel/Mattenberg, the camp school/movie house/church... 1948

Kassel/Mattenberg

Myself with my new friends just after arriving in Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1945

Wiesbaden D.P. Camp, 1945

Kassel railroad station, waiting to be transported to another camp, 1948

Jonas Mekas Images Out of Darkness: Reminiscences of a Displaced Person, Postwar Germany 1945-1949 Installation View. Galería James Fuentes, Nueva York. Octubre 5-25, 2012.