Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great reportage, Nathan. As well in photography as in written word. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 28-apr-06, om 06:58 heeft Nathan Wajsman het volgende geschreven: > Every year in late April, there is a brief ceremony held at the > Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen. The occasion is the anniversary of > the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in 1943 but is also a more > general Holocaust commemoration. It is organised by the Polish Jews > Association in Denmark, of which my late father was an active > member; in fact, he often gave the main speech, including back in > 2001, just two days after my mother died. This year, the ceremony > was last Sunday, and I attended before driving back home. Many of > the attendees are elderly, and most are Holocaust survivors > themselves. Each year the congregation gets a little smaller; for > me, the most glaring absence is obviously that of my father, but as > I looked around there were many other faces missing...But as can be > seen on the last few images, the memory is passed on to the young > generations as well. A selection of 12 images is here: > http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/1407543 > > BTW, the inscription on the monument visible in several of the > pictures means "Never Again" in Polish, Danish and Hebrew. > > Comments welcome as usual, and more normal PAW service will be > resumed shortly. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >