Holocaust Images -Photos & Art
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Like many of the young men in early months of the war, Jan Komski’s story begins as a Polish Roman Catholic arrested on the Poland/Czechoslovakia border attempting to reach the newly formed Polish Army in France.
He was carrying false identity papers under an assumed name of Jan Baras. He was first taken to the prison at Tarnow and then sent to Auschwitz, arriving there, along with 727 other Polish men, on June 14, 1940. It was the very first prisoner transport to arrive in Auschwitz. The prisoners were given numbers 31 -758.
Mr. Komski was given number 564. These early numbers were not tattooed on prisoners’ arms, a lucky thing.
He was carrying false identity papers under an assumed name of Jan Baras. He was first taken to the prison at Tarnow and then sent to Auschwitz, arriving there, along with 727 other Polish men, on June 14, 1940. It was the very first prisoner transport to arrive in Auschwitz. The prisoners were given numbers 31 -758.
Mr. Komski was given number 564. These early numbers were not tattooed on prisoners’ arms, a lucky thing.
Special Exhibits by Alan Jacobs
Alan Jacobs' Photos - Holocaust images from the Concentration Camps
Alan Jacobs has been to Auschwitz and Birkenau many times.
During those visits, he interviewed numerous survivors and took many photographs of the camps. He also spent many hours viewing artifacts, art and photographs stored at the Auschwitz Museum Archives.
He made a film using the words and art of survivors and SS photos. Although still a work in progress, it has been shown in universities, professional conferences, cultural centers etc.
There have been several shows of Jacobs Auschwitz photographs, some of which can now be seen on the Internet: Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Interactive map and photographs of Birkenau, Photographs of Mauthausen, Plus the Then and Now exhibit, with Alan's photos of today compared to paintings and drawings by survivors of Then.
During those visits, he interviewed numerous survivors and took many photographs of the camps. He also spent many hours viewing artifacts, art and photographs stored at the Auschwitz Museum Archives.
He made a film using the words and art of survivors and SS photos. Although still a work in progress, it has been shown in universities, professional conferences, cultural centers etc.
There have been several shows of Jacobs Auschwitz photographs, some of which can now be seen on the Internet: Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Interactive map and photographs of Birkenau, Photographs of Mauthausen, Plus the Then and Now exhibit, with Alan's photos of today compared to paintings and drawings by survivors of Then.
Mauthausen Photos by Alan Jacobs
Imagine Art Gallery: Paintings by 6th grade students
Remembering and Experience
Holocaust images arise also from those learning. the Imagine Art Gallery is filled with paintings by sixth graders.
What they saw was history and a teacher, Anne Williams, who encouraged them to explore with imagination. Images like this are what our culture passes on and what's possible to learn at even a young age, with good guidance.
We have photographs taken of survivors, interactive maps, historical world war II photos - some you won't find anywhere else.
Our Liberators section started by Chuck Ferree includes photos from soldiers.
The Holocaust images you see are from those who where there, and those trying to learn how to stop this from happening again.
What they saw was history and a teacher, Anne Williams, who encouraged them to explore with imagination. Images like this are what our culture passes on and what's possible to learn at even a young age, with good guidance.
We have photographs taken of survivors, interactive maps, historical world war II photos - some you won't find anywhere else.
Our Liberators section started by Chuck Ferree includes photos from soldiers.
The Holocaust images you see are from those who where there, and those trying to learn how to stop this from happening again.
- Photographer Myatt Lipscomb shares two images from his gallery, “After the Holocaust” and “Tamara, a Survivor”.
- Virtual Tour of Auschwitz Stuart Nichols presents a mixture of essays and pictures of his visit to Auschwitz.
- Haunting Memory, a Triptych of Holocaust Photos Roger Beecroft calls this “mining the media for imagery”; view the pictures and his descriptions.
- “Lest We Forget” This important CD-ROM, “Lest We Forget”, shares video clips and pictures, as well as a view of its interface for teachers.e here! Replace this with any non empty raw html code and that's it
Tamara Deuel - Child Survivor
“We are given grief and sadness but at the same time we are given love and beauty. And for our continuation we should not hold on to the pain, at least not with all of our power, but believe and live the life that is given to us with love and beauty and start to climb out of the darkness.”
