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The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Though the Nazis ordered every personal photograph brought to every concentration camp destroyed, to obliterate not only the victims themselves but also their memories, the photographs on one transport to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943 survived. In 1986 in a locked room at Auschwitz, Weiss (U. of Pennsylvania) found over 2,400 photographs of Jewish deportees from across Europe, and here presents over 400 of them. She has identified as many as possible and transcribes many of the accounts she has heard, but asks readers who make new identifications to contact her. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
224 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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July 2, 2009
While on a tour of the infamous Dachau concentration camp, the author slipped away from her tour group and walked through an open door in one of the administration buildings. Inside, she found albums of photos confiscated from Jews brought to the camp. At that point she decided to follow up on the fates of some of the people whose photos she found. A fascinating, haunting and heartbreaking story!
August 3, 2012
"These photographs were brought to Auschwitz because they represented what he martyrs wished to remember. And that is precisely how martyrs must be remembered: for what they remembered. In this respect, martyrdom is a special kind of murder." - excerpt from the book
Most of us have an image in our minds when we hear the words "people in a concentration camp." This book is a collection of photos miraculously saved from destruction after being taken from victims of the Holocaust. They are photographs of Jewish people very much alive, babies and families, vacation shots, school friends. Dressed up in finery, or playing in the snow or relaxing at the beach. People not unlike you or me - before hatred destroyed them. Sometimes we think about the Holocaust and death and we forget the wonderful lives that came first. A good read, great photos, sad and uplifting at the same time.
Most of us have an image in our minds when we hear the words "people in a concentration camp." This book is a collection of photos miraculously saved from destruction after being taken from victims of the Holocaust. They are photographs of Jewish people very much alive, babies and families, vacation shots, school friends. Dressed up in finery, or playing in the snow or relaxing at the beach. People not unlike you or me - before hatred destroyed them. Sometimes we think about the Holocaust and death and we forget the wonderful lives that came first. A good read, great photos, sad and uplifting at the same time.
March 7, 2021
So sad....
February 25, 2013
An exceptionally moving testament to the memory of so many lives and loves.
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