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The prisoners who were sent to work in the crematorium never returned to camp. They were murdered here when they could no longer work. They ate and slept at the crematorium. This spot was where the Nazis would take prisoners to be killed by firing squads.
Painted in 1833. This painting depicts one episode of history to comment on another. The scene describes the execution of Lady Jane Grey, England's young teenage Queen who reigned as a usurper for only nine days in 1553 during the turbulent Tudor dynasty. Jane, dressed in white to symbolize her innocence because she had been a pawn in the hands of others, is shown grappling for the block upon the ground on which she will soon be decapitated. The painting, however, also suggests another era. It was made by French artist Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) in France in 1833, soon after the nation overthrew its last absolutist monarch, King Charles X, and the work recalls the earlier executions of his Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The painting became a sensation in Paris when it was first exhibited, before making its way to England. It was sold to the National Gallery in 1902 where it lost its popularity and was stored away, forgotten until it was found again in the 1970s. Since then, it has been one of the gallery's most popular paintings.