Gerhard Richters born 1932 2014 series Abstrakte Bilder 93714 known as the Auschwitz Cycle are based on four photographs that prisoners took of an execution in Birkenau concentration camp in 1944. These images have preoccupied Richter for years and making photos of details of works that are important to the artist has long been crucial for his working method. This book arose as a consequence of the artists photographic engagement with the Auschwitz Cycle. For this volume Richter photographed nu