One of the most deeply analyzed and well recorded wars in history is World War II. No one alive during the time could have gone through those years without hearing, or experiencing first-hand, the blood spilt and families torn apart; namely from the tragedy that was The Holocaust, that led to death of six million Jews at the hands Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. In Black Flakes by Anselm Kiefer, the apocalyptic landscape and bleak tone illustrating the aftermath of World War II reminds the audience that bigotry and war will only ever lead to death, disaster, and suffering. Originally named Schwarze Flocken in the artist’s native German, Kiefer’s art piece is addressed to Paul Celan, a Jewish German language poet and survivor of the Holocaust
