Museum of never again, memorial.

Photographed at the museum of children paintings in Terezin( concentration camp) not far from Prague. The holocaust day(2nd May) is a painful reminder of the history and a warning/lesson : Never Again!

Though blurry, I hope that the message remains clear.  Not just for one group, but for all.  Darkness breeds darkness.  Hate one.  Hate all.  Thank you for the reminder.

Thanks. It is a bit blurry ( Yes I know...) as the history is blurry, or not existent for some on our glob.There need to be a reminder and a lesson ,as there are places/people/leaders in the world that did not learn, and Genocide is not a dirty word let alone an(armed) action. !

the mists of time blur the evils of past times but certainly demand remembrance... sometimes i wonder if we ever really learn the lessons of the past

Maybe blurry, but such an important and  serious, & strong message - And indeed, never again..!

(Today, May 4,  is Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead) in the Netherlands...It commemorates all who have died in wars since the outbreak of World War II --  At 8:00 p.m., 2 minutes of silence are observed throughout the Netherlands..)

Rajat, thanks, I wonder as well, and  quite so  often, if the world has introverted the lesson, as a lot of evil is  still afflicted by human to human.

Marjolein. it was as well here at the 2nd May, remembering so many of my family and  people. I have had a family in Paris that were in Derancy and died in Auschwitz.Thanks for telling me about the 8pm, I will  join  the moments of silence.

Pnina,  it starts with children -- when bullying and name-calling and demeaning others is tested out and not squashed, children learn it is fine to treat others as if they are not equals, and if they are taught to sit quietly when they see or hear it happen, -- it's the same thing, and it spirals from there.  So the pic, and the combination, is interesting from many points of view.  

I was speaking with a 12 year old girl the other day.  Her grandmother is a survivor.  For her bat mitzvah present, the grandmother is giving her "Jude" star, that she had been forced to wear, to her granddaughter.  -

Thanks. Yes you are right it is education, but still the holocaust was something so monstrous ! that the worst education can not explain it with logic. That grandmother is affected  badly in her mind, and it is sick to present the star to any human being ,let alone her granddaughter for 12 years bat- mitzva.

Here's a third connection.  Two days ago, on YOm HaShoah, I heard a survivor from Slovakia speak.  She was only 7 years old, and she and her parents were hiding in the woods, and with a farmer.  Now, as an old woman, she is telling her story.  The faded girl and the Magen David could illustrate the cover of her story with the addition of forests and mountains.

Thanks again.I think that each survivors from that perdition has a story, that this blurry child and magen David fits to be the opening to  his/her pesonal hell.

Pnina,  perhaps we have not learned anything from history, because the mankind is repeating holocaust again and again and reinventing new methods of torture and extermination. Collective memory is short and has tendency to fade away with passage of Time.

Thanks  for your answer and writing to me in person. You are right about the world that did not learn. It is sad and has to be reminded again and again for the next generations to know and remember.

So much can be learned from history but often people close their eyes to something they find uncomfortable and then history repeats itself. The atrocities that mankind has inflicted on others must remain in the present and never forgotten...sadly though, it is...we are our own worse enemies. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for your thoughts and feeling and writing it here.I think that it is important to remind people and let them think, about the consequences, as  there are places on our glob that atrocitis are still taking place,and there are many people that are refugees running from their homeland. Never again ,is always remember!

To me the blurriness in your composition represents forgetfulness and fading memories - childhood, innocence, even facts.  It's very important to remind ourselves of the monstrosities that humans are capable of.  Some time ago I was talking to someone who immigrated to the US and during our conversation he confessed to me that he had no idea what was the KKK and this guy was a minority and could vote.  God help us.

So nice to see you, and thanks for writing.You have a point ,as long as the years passes, the victims are dieing and memories are fading, As you said there are people that don't know about the KKK. as well as people deny the holocaust exiated.It is important to  upload it to the collective memory!

Painful reminder indeed. It's the message you transmit - not the technical perfection...Thank you Pnina