Powerful transformation of hate objects into art, Strong curatorial and scholarly framing

When Reichman stumbled over Nazi memorabilia on a flea market, he felt the need
to remove them from circulation. For his most recent project, he started buying Nazi-
era metal objects on online platforms, melting them down, and casting them into new
shapes. In this context, Reichman also came across the “Winter Relief of the German
People,” a program launched by Adolf Hitler in 1933, and examined the propagandistic
fundraising campaign promoted under the slogan “No one shall be hungry, no one shall
freeze!”. Small floral badges that donors received in recognition of their contribution are
reproduced in the publication as polaroids, their blend of innocuous beauty and brutal
calculation creating a deeply unsettling effect.

The book accompanying the exhibition presents a selection of over eighty new
works. With a preface by Nils-Arne Kässens, an essay on the exhibition by the curator
Mechthild Achelwilm, a contribution by Thorsten Heese on the "Winter Relief of the
German People,” and a conversation between Sebastian Baden and the artist