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Visitors can not only see the personal belongings of prisoners but also hear their voices through poems and letters.
Editor of the human rights publishing series “Belarusian Prison Literature” Alena Laptsionak and exhibition curator Volha Klip explain:
“It was a very interesting process working on this exhibition, because what can you make an exhibition from when there are almost no artifacts? And that became the main idea of the project. So, on display are not only a few items that political prisoners managed to take out of prisons, but also their words — recorded in poems.”
RFE: You joined the exhibition today with books. Which ones?
“The first, of course, is ‘Prison Diary’ — a collection of works by Belarusian political prisoners from recent years. And I also presented the latest book from the ‘Belarusian Prison Literature’ series — ‘Zakameron’ by Maksim Znak.”
The idea for the exhibition came from the Museum of Free Belarus.
Co-organizers and partners include the Human Rights Center “Viasna,” the Belarusian Association of Political Prisoners “Da Voli,” and the National Anti-Crisis Management.
The project is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Warsaw, the City of Warsaw, and the Trzy Trąby Foundation.
Original article: racyja.com
