My pictures and the environments I deliberately place myself in are often not my views on life. The setting is many times an uncomfortable place.
Shelbyville, Tennessee on 10/28/17: Do young men like these that include in one photo of a person who appears to be a boy standing like Hitler and wearing a fake mustache - understand the Holocaust? I would venture to guess no. I would go as far as stating that most have no idea what really occurred in Germany and because of that I look at them with sadness as do many others as opposed to anger.
This type of action would be like mocking the attacks on innocent children at Columbine High School where an April 20, 1999 school massacre left 15 dead and 24 injured along with countless others to face mental illness for the remainder of their lives. Of course, the mocking seen in these photos that are filled with hate, are much more devastating because of what they represent.
In these photos I see smiles as hate is yelled.
Holocaust Facts:
- Over 1.1 million children died during the Holocaust.
- The most intensive Holocaust killing took place in September 1941 at the Babi Yar Ravine just outside of Kiev, Ukraine, where more than 33,000 Jews were killed in just two days. Jews were forced to undress and walk to the ravine’s edge. When German troops shot them, they fell into the abyss. The Nazis then pushed the wall of the ravine over, burying the dead and the living.
- Between 1933 and 1945, more than 11 million men, women, and children were murdered in the Holocaust.
- Over one million people were murdered at the Auschwitz complex
- Those who survived Dr. Josef Mengele’s experiments were almost always murdered and dissected. Many children were maimed or paralyzed and hundreds died.
- Between 1933 and 1945, more than 11 million men, women, and children were murdered in the Holocaust.
- Between 1933 and 1945, more than 11 million men, women, and children were murdered in the Holocaust.
- Over one million people were murdered at the Auschwitz complex.
- The soldiers who patrolled and operated concentration camps were known as Totenkopfverbande, or “Death’s Head” detachments. They wore skull-and-crossbones insignias on their uniforms to reflect their namesake.
- Those who survived Dr. Josef Mengele’s experiments were almost always murdered and dissected. Many children were maimed or paralyzed and hundreds died.
- During the Holocaust, the Nazis looted everything they could from their victims, including wedding rings, watches, precious stones, and eyeglasses.
- Children of African-German origin and the mentally or physically handicapped were surgically sterilized, often brutally.
- Thousands of infants and babies were killed by Nazis before their births could be recorded.