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Subject: [Leica] Auschwitz commemoration in Amsterdam
From: robinsnes at comcast.net (Roger Skully)
Date: Sun Jan 23 08:55:30 2005

On 1/23/05 8:22 AM, "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:

> I does not look like exciting theatre, but clearly very moving and
> important. Thanks for sharing
> On 23/01/2005, at 10:01 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> Approximately 102,000 Dutch Jews died in Auschwitz. As part of the
>> commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on
>> 27th January, the Dutch Auschwitz committee has organized a reading of
>> all the Dutch victims' names. The reading is done by volunteers, each
>> of whom reads about 50-100 names and the age at which the person died.
>> It started Friday evening and will continue until Thursday the 27th.
>> The reading takes place at the Verzetmuseum in Amsterdam until Tuesday
>> (I think) and moves on to Kamp Westerbork for the last couple of days.
>> 
>> I went to Amsterdam early this morning to see a bit of the reading. It
>> is quite an emotional experience, both for the readers and for the
>> audience. The names are read in alphabetical order, they were doing
>> the E's when I was there. With permission of the organizers, I took a
>> few pictures:
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexauschwitz.html
>> 
>> I would highly recommend to the Dutch LUGgers to make time and visit
>> the  reading. It goes on 24 hours a day, so it should be possible to
>> find a few minutes...
>> 
>> Nathan
>> -- 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Almere, The Netherlands
>> 
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>> Stock photography available at:
>> http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
>> 
>> 
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> Alastair
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Thanks for sharing. The images are chilling for what they represent in the
placid calmness of the readers. It is a sad commentary that the human
species seems to learn so slowly not to butcher its own.
Roger Skully
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
USA


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