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8 WHAT'S UP! SEPTEMBER 12-18, 2021 COVER STORY KC exhibition goes inside walls, minds of Auschwitz "Auschwitz did not start with gas chambers. Hatred does not happen overnight; it builds up slowly among people. It does so with words and thoughts, with small everyday acts, with prejudices. When we had the vision to create the exhibition, we conceived its narrative as an opportunity to better understand how such a place could come to exist, and as a warning of where hatred can take us to. Therefore, it is of vital importance to remember the road that led to Auschwitz and the consequences it had." — Luis Ferreiro BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette L uis Ferreiro is the driving force behind an exhibition currently on show at Kansas City's Union Station. Titled "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away," it was nearly six years in conception, and Kansas City is the last of only two stops it will make in the United States. Since it opened June 14, it has been sold out to maximum capacity most days, and Ferreiro advises visitors they'll leave with more questions "than simple and digested answers." "There are many different layers in the exhibit, and it will be up to each visitor to decide how deep they will like to go in the understanding of what Auschwitz was, how such a place came to exist and what it means for us today," he says. "In that regard, the exhibition is first and foremost a tribute to the memory of the victims. But we also hope this stay in our very recent past gives visitors the tools to critically analyze our own present." FAQ 'Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.' WHEN — Through Jan. 30, 2022 WHERE — Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road in Kansas City, Mo. COST — $15-$25 INFO — unionstation.org/event/ auschwitz/ All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide and the Shoah. It was established by Germans in 1940, in the suburbs of the Polish city of Oswiecim and became the largest of the extermination centers where the "Endlösung der Judenfrage" (the final solution to the Jewish question — the Nazi plan to murder European Jews) was carried out, according to the Auschwitz- Birkenau Memorial and Museum. This image of the main gate was taken from inside the camp after the liberation. (Pawel Sawicki, Auschwitz Memorial)