10 Pictures Of The Holocaust Restored And Colorized To Remind People Of Humanity’s Most Shameful Deeds
Do you know that around six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust? Many people have forgotten about the mass murder that happened a few decades ago. Some youngsters don’t even know about Auschwitz or concentration camps. But it’s important to know about these things so that we can remember that humans are capable of such monstrosities.
An artist named Joachim West showed concern about people forgetting the atrocities performed by humans during the holocaust and shared with Bored Panda, “I was recently shocked to read these words in The New York Times: For seven decades, Never Forget has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement.”
Joachim mentioned on Bored Panda that this project is not for profit and he just wants to spread awareness about the Holocaust. He said, “I first started working on this historical photo project several years ago, using contemporary reference images to colorize and restore pictures from the Holocaust. It seems to me that black and white pictures colorized will help people to better empathize with the victims of the Holocaust.”
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#1 Wedding Bands Found During The Liberation Of Buchenwald Concentration Camp
#2 Colorized Photo From The Daschau Concentration Camp
#3 Colorized Photograph Of Anne Frank
#4 Colorized Photo Of A Catholic Girl. Czesława Kwoka, 1942-43
#5 Colorized Photograph From Auschwitz Concentration Camp
#6 Poland, 1939-40
#7 Poland, 1939-40
#8 Poland, 1939-40
#9 Poland, 1939-40
#10 Poland, 1939-40
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I appreciate the effort on this sensitive topic, but many of these are incredibly poorly done. The gold rings is the most disappointing. That is a poignant photo that was not done justice.
Hopefully these are by someone starting out who will improve. I hate to discourage but this is a very important subject and very poor treatment.
Czesława Kwoka, a 14-year-old Pole, was one of the Children of the Zamość region sent by the Germans to concentration camps. The German female prisoner, who was a kapo, took the stick and slapped her in the face. Such a beautiful young girl, so innocent. She was crying but there was nothing she could.
The above descriptions for photos are inaccurate and completely without understanding the problem.
Czesława Kwoka, a 14-year-old Pole, was one of the Children of the Zamość region sent by the Germans to concentration camps. The female prisoner, who was a kapo, took the stick and slapped her in the face. The German woman just took her anger out on this girl. Such a beautiful young girl, so innocent. She was crying but there was nothing she could do.
In the three camp photos, she is just after the blows dealt to her. He has a bleeding bottom lip. She is terrified. It is clearly felt that this innocent child has to face something that goes beyond her imagination.
The above descriptions for photos are inaccurate and completely without understanding the problem.
The only country mentioned here is Poland. No explanation that the killing was orchestrated by Germany. An average young visitor will associate the killing with Poland. Do you think that is fair?