National Gallery of Victoria
  • Visit
    • Tickets
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Access
    • Booked Tours
    • Dining
    • Venue hire
  • What’s On
    • Exhibitions
    • Events
    • Tours
  • Art & Design
    • Collection
    • Channel
    • Conservation
    • Research & Archives
    • Publications
  • Learn
    • Kids
    • Teens
    • Teachers & Students
    • Adults
  • Support & Join
    • Donate
    • Membership
    • Partnerships
    • NGVWA
  • Shop

Wes PLACEK

Born
25 December 1947 Germany
Nationality
German; Australian
Lived/worked
emigrated to Australia 1950

14 works

Victims’ suitcases Wes PLACEK Hair of murdered women Wes PLACEK Victims’ brushes Wes PLACEK The wall of death Wes PLACEK Tins which contained Cyklon B Wes PLACEK Fragments of the fencing Wes PLACEK Brick barracks Wes PLACEK Spectacles left by murdered victims Wes PLACEK Remains of victims’ shoes Wes PLACEK Cart for removing bodies seen against the background of the furnace of Crematorium 1 Wes PLACEK Block 15 Wes PLACEK Block 24 Wes PLACEK Fragments of the fencing Wes PLACEK Crutches and artificial limbs of murdered invalids Wes PLACEK
  • About
  • Contact
  • Sustainability
  • Media
  • People & Careers
  • Reports & Documents

Subscribe to NGV eNews

Sign up for the latest news, exhibitions, programs and more. Manage your subscription anytime through your NGV account.

Subscribe

Follow the NGV

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube
  • Twitter
  • Threads
  • Spotify
  • Weibo
  • We Chat
  • Redbook - xiaohongshu

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung People as the Traditional Owners of the land on which the NGV is built.

  • Visit
    • Tickets
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Access
    • Booked Tours
    • Dining
    • Venue hire
  • What’s On
    • Exhibitions
    • Events
    • Tours
  • Art & Design
    • Collection
    • Channel
    • Conservation
    • Research & Archives
    • Publications
  • Learn
    • Kids
    • Teens
    • Teachers & Students
    • Adults
  • Support & Join
    • Donate
    • Membership
    • Partnerships
    • NGVWA
  • Shop

Follow the NGV

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube
  • Twitter
  • Threads
  • Spotify
  • Weibo
  • We Chat
  • Redbook - xiaohongshu