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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 1 to 8

  [Night over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in the newspapers Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentina Libre, 1940
  Clément Moreau created his linocut cycle La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland [Night over Germany] in Argentina in 1937 and 1938, after fleeing Switzerland where he had lived illegally from 1933 to 1935.
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 1 to 8
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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 23 to 33

  [Night over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentina Libre, 1940
  A man in a black SS uniform and the skull emblem stands in the doorway of the prison cell. He hands the prisoner the rope: A rope with which to hang himself (figure 23).
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 23 to 33
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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 34 to 37

  [Night over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentina Libre, 1940
  These four cuts depict the wife and son of a prisoner. The individual cuts recall the Fürsorgeerziehung [corrective training] portfolio from 1929.
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 34 to 37
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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 38 to 52

  [Night over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentina Libre, 1940
  One of the men is just about to be released from prison (figure 39). Under his left arm he holds a bundle with his belongings.
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 38 to 52
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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 53 to 77

  [Night over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentina Libre, 1940
  Two male figures flee (figure 68). The second man is still in the unprotected glowing white; his long shadow extends diagonally across the picture.
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 53 to 77
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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 78 to 107

  [Germany over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentina Libre, 1940
  One of the men has succeeded in escaping (figure 78). With fearful facial expressions, balled fists and forceful movements, he is seen in the foreground of the block.
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 78 to 107
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  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 9 to 22

  [Night over Germany] 107 Linocuts on Japanese tissue (gampi)
  First published in the newspapers Argentinisches Tageblatt and Argentinia Libre
  The ninth linocut marks the beginning of ‘the interrogation’. The next cut shows a man being led into a glaringly lit, windowless room.
  Clément Moreau: La comedia humana/Nacht über Deutschland (1937/38), part 9 to 22