Beisjord remembrance - Norway

Year: 2017

Live Performance

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On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Beisjord tragedy, a group of artist from Serbia, Macedonia and Norway have created a video-performance and built a temporary monument at Øvre Jernvannet in Narvik.

It was organized by Marsil Andjelov Al-Mahamid, a Serbian living in Norway to commemorate the massacre of Serbians at the Beisjord camp near Narvik. This is a tribute to remember the Yugoslav prisoners that were exterminated in 1942, suspected to be sick with typhus and the others that died by end of 1942, 748 in total. The other artists participating in the event are Tamara Ristic and Igor Smiljanic from Serbia, and Eirik Ghandini from Norway. The event was held in the city Narvik. 

“My skin become a working tool. Remaining aware of the horrors committed in the name of race, religion or political dissidence, keeping the memory alive I believe is the way to avoid reproducing the same mistakes and horrors in the future, although some of what is going on today could lead us to lose such belief and hope.”

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