Luize's photos, during a field research trip and reconstitution of the
characters' journeys, held in 2016.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau seen from afar. |
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A house on the outskirts of Auschwitz which could have been from an officer. |
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Old rails of arrival at Auschwitz. |
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Cattle wagons where people were sent to Auschwitz. |
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Forest of Auschwitz-Birkenau where the crematoria were hidden
and where Friedrich spent one night. |
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One of the tents for Jewish Hungarian women used to be here.
Number 23 was Adele's one. |
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Inside view of an Auschwitz tent, where Adele, Eva and Haya could have lived. |
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Wooden stages were the "beds". About five people slept in each one. |
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Lake in the camp, where human ashes were thrown. |
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The desinfection building for the newcomers in Auschwitz
and the place where "Canada" used to be. |
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After selection, Jews were forced to cross a corridor
between tents in the way to gas chambers. |
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Crossing polish roads exactly as the main character,
Friedrich, did in his way to Berlim. |
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The "Kempi" hotel in Berlin where Amália and Frida first met. |
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A lake house surrounded by mysteries in Potsdam, near Berlin. |
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"That place was, literally, the end of the line."
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Photo: Carolina Floare |
A Square in Antwerp
Luize's photos, during the trips for field research and reconstitution of the characters' journeys, held between 2013 and 2014.
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Café De Valk, in Grote Markt, Antwerpen,
is scenario of key-stretches of the plot. |
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This house inspired the author to create the home
where character Clarice and her neighbour Mariano
lived in the city of Guarda, Portugal. |
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Vilar Formoso train station, in Portugal,
where character Mariano used to worked as an agent
of dictator Salazar´s police. |
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Trains full of refugees used to arrived in Portugal after
crossing the border with Spain at this point,
close to the portuguese village of Vilar Formoso. |
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Another important scenario of the plot is Antwerp Station, in Belgium. |