Yad Vashem

from: israel

4 panoramas by yaniv sirton

The first time I saw a holocaust survivor was more then twenty years ago, as a child walking in the park with my mother.

We walked by a group of old people, an old woman sitting in that group was feeding birds with small pieces of bread, I approached the elderly woman and noticed that she had a long number tattooed on her hand.

I have asked my mother loudly: “mom why does this woman has a long number on her hand?” The old woman covered her hand with her sleeve… my mother told that woman that she is sorry for my behavior and pulled me away.

My mother told me that the old woman was a survivor of the holocaust and one day I will be old enough to understand the meaning of that word.

This project is dedicated to the people we must remember…

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