This was in the same email as what's below. It is very striking to me. Talk a little bit about what this picture says to you.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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4 comments:
I agree that this is quite a striking picture. You always here that people who were in the Holocaust are reminded of their experience everyday. Most of the time its mental reminders that relate to day to day life, not the visual of a stamped number on your arm. It just shocks me to see that such a thing and action could be taken out on such a large group of people, its astonishing.
-Emily
I agree with Emily. It must be hard anyway, trying to move on after that happened. Even if there is no more physical evidence of what happened to you. But the people with the numbers on their arms have a much more difficult time. A glimps of their arm could send them back to what it was like. It would be so much harder to go back to living life like before with a phsyical reminder about what you went through. Phsyically they could heal quickly, but emotionally, would take so much longer. Its another reminder of how cruel people in this world can be. It's terrifying that human beings could do this to other human beings. It makes me thankful to live in a country where our voice can be heard without us being put in prison for it.
I agree with the above comments. I fell as though this photo shows that the Holocaust not only affected the people that went through it but affected and affects everyone. I find this picture really striking because of the child's arm. It shows how the memories of the Holocaust will live on in the next generation. Even though the Holocaust was an awful thing it should never be forgotten so that it will never happen again.
Ashley P.
I would just like to point out that being numbered is not quite so unusual, our government recognizes us by our social security number. It is demoralizing though to have the number stamped on your arm for the world to see. However, this did not change their actual character or who they were, they were still know n by family and friends by their name. I think that the number stamped on their arm is a reminder to the world of what they were put through so that we may never forget.
-Kate
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