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Activism

The Pro-Nazi Artist Behind the Brooklyn Public Library’s Facade 

German-American sculptor Carl Paul Jennewein, who designed the library’s iconic entrance reliefs, participated in Nazi exhibitions and espoused white supremacist beliefs

June 6, 2023 • by Daniel Fernandez
Brooklyn Public Library’s entrance artwork propagates a colonialist, white supremacist vision that is inseparable from Nazism....

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