Holocaust - Jan Theuninck, 2003

                                                                  Holocaust


The work is exposed at Dutch Boekgrrls :
Paintings by Karel Appel, Van Gogh, Pieter Defesche, Marlene Dumas, Albrecht Dürer, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, Fra Filippo Lippi, Joan Miró, Modigliani, Picasso, Paulus Potter, Henri Rousseau, Jacob van Ruisdael, Rembrandt, Jan Theuninck, Voerman, Watteau.
The poets are Joseph Brodsky, Robert Browning, Hein de Bruin ,J.A. Emmens, Ida Gerhardt, Edith de Gilde, Jan Hanlo, Antjie Krog, Frans Kuipers, Joop Leibbrand ,Ted van Lieshout, Lucebert , G.J. Resink, Felix Rutten , Christina Rossetti , K. Schippers and Jan Theuninck :
http://www.boekgrrls.nl/BgDiversen/Onderwerpen/gedichten_over_schilderijen.htm
http://www.holocaust-lestweforget.com/jan-theuninck.html
http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/es/wallenberg-44/homenajes/mundo/belgica/
https://lexia.com.ar/Jan%20Theuninck.htm
https://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/stalag10b.html
http://www.girodivite.it/antenati/xx3sec/theuninck/shoa.htm


"SHOA"
juif errant , juif maudit
et nul mot sur eux est interdit
traités de crimes et de trahisons
ils ont été mis en prison

on les a torturés et tués
au nom d’une infâme idée
et maintenant plus que jamais
a qui le tour s’il vous plaît ?

© by Jan Theuninck


Ebreo errante, ebreo maledetto,
e nessuna parola su loro è proibita
sospetto di crimini e tradimento
sono stati messi in prigione

sono stati torturati e assassinati
in nome di un'idea insana
ed ora, più che mai
chi è il seguente, prego?

wandering Jew, damned Jew
and no words on them are forbidden
suspected of crimes and treason
they have been put in jail

they have been tortured and murdered
in the name of an insane idea
and now - more than ever -
who is next, please? 

Ewiger Jude , verdammter Jude,
und kein Wort für sie ist verboten.
Für Verbrechen und Verrat beschuldigt
sind sie eingesperrt worden.

Man hat sie gefoltert und getötet
im Namen einer infamen Idee,
und heute mehr denn je:
Wer werden die Nächsten sein?

kóbor zsidó, átkozott zsidó
nincs rájuk tiltott szó
bûntettek, árulás vádjával
börtönbe zárták õket

kínozták és gyilkolták õket
egy eszetlen eszme nevében
most pedig - most leginkább -
kérik a következõt.

יאן ת'אונינק

Jordan Peterson on lessons we learned from WW2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP_wE0fdlGE  - English
https://twitter.com/i/status/1471173457358557197 - Nederlands

Neostasi - Jan Theuninck, 2012

                                                                   Neostasi

- a Stasi modus operandi with among other things use of gas chamber technology on individual scale -->(binary) chemical weapons - directed-energy weapons, etc

Today Stasi agents use psychotropic/chemical/pharmaceutical and many other weapons 

The Stasi perfected the technique of psychological harassment of perceived enemies known as Zersetzung – a term borrowed from chemistry which literally means "corrosion" or "undermining".

By the 1970s, the Stasi had decided that methods of overt persecution which had been employed up to that time, such as arrest and torture, were too crude and obvious. It was realised that psychological harassment was far less likely to be recognised for what it was, so its victims, and their supporters, were less likely to be provoked into active resistance, given that they would often not be aware of the source of their problems, or even its exact nature. Zersetzung was designed to side-track and "switch off" perceived enemies so that they would lose the will to continue any "inappropriate" activities.

Tactics employed under Zersetzung generally involved the disruption of the victim’s private or family life. This often included psychological attacks such as breaking into homes and messing with the contents – moving furniture, altering the timing of an alarm, removing pictures from walls or replacing one variety of tea with another. Other practices included property damage, sabotage of cars, purposely incorrect medical treatment, smear campaigns including sending falsified compromising photos or documents to the victim's family, denunciation, provocation, psychological warfare, psychological subversion, wiretapping, bugging, mysterious phone calls or unnecessary deliveries, even including sending a vibrator to a target's wife. Usually victims had no idea the Stasi were responsible. Many thought they were losing their minds, and mental breakdowns and suicide could result.

This is exactly what happens in Western Europe since decades...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi

e.g. nonconformity and freethinking now considered mental illness

https://theunboundedspirit.com/nonconformity-and-freethinking-now-considered-mental-illnesses/

We defeated the Soviets, meanwhile a Stasi culture engulfs Europe... (Jan Theuninck, August 14,  2009)
Abbiamo sconfitto i sovietici, nel frattempo l'Europa è inondata da una cultura Stasi(Jan Theuninck, 14 Agosto 2009)

https://www.janaganamana.net/mana/anything?q=neostasi

Nous avons vaincu les Soviétiques, tandis qu'une culture de la Stasi engloutit l'Europe ... (Jan Theuninck, 14 août 2009) Worse than East Germany, worse in the sense that the people there knew about it (as a French pharmacist once explained to me) https://indepen.nl/is-de-nctv-de-moderne-geheime-dienst/ ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Neostasi is a 2012 acrylic painting on canvas by Belgian artist Jan Theuninck (born 1954 in Zonnebeke, West Flanders). Measuring 70 x 100 cm, it exemplifies Theuninck's abstract style,. The work critiques modern surveillance and totalitarian control, drawing parallels to the East German Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit). "Neostasi" evokes "neo-Stasi," symbolizing contemporary psychological and chemical oppression techniques, such as Zersetzung (a Stasi method of "decomposition" through covert harassment).The painting was created amid Theuninck's personal experiences of alleged state persecution, including "more than 50 years of misery with blackmail games of the services and torture practices with chemical and energy weapons." It fits into a series addressing Western totalitarianism's evolution, from Third Way politics to post-truth societies.Themes and Context
Theuninck's oeuvre often explores authoritarianism, informed by his visits to sites like Dachau and Bergen-Belsen and his poetry (written in French and English). Neostasi references how Stasi tactics persist today: nonconformity labeled as mental illness, enforced via psychotropic weapons. Accompanying notes highlight: "Today Stasi agents use psychotropic/chemical/pharmaceutical weapons e.g. nonconformity and freethinking now considered mental illness."This piece follows The Culture of Learned Helplessness (2011) and precedes Derailed System (2012), part of a broader critique including Zersetzung (2014), Brainwashing (2018), and Political Pandemic (2021). Theuninck has shared it on X (formerly Twitter) to comment on events like COVID policies, Angela Merkel's Stasi files, and media surveillance, often quoting his 2009 remark: "We defeated the Soviets, now a Stasi culture devours Europe."
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totalitarianism thrives not in chains, but in the quiet undermining of the mind