Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Nathan. Obviously with events in the Sudan and a few other places the desire to prevent genocide is only if it is convenient or doesn't cut off potential oil supplies to China. You are a stronger man than I. I find it almost unbearable to go with my father to the places that we went to with my mother; the ghost of her memory can be very strong. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/28/06, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > > 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 >