Too Young To Die?

One of the most gripping and timeless stories written concerning the Holocaust comes from a young German Jew. Her sixteen years of life were cut short in the death camp Auschwitz, but her personal diary is still read today.

Anne Frank. Her name is synonymous with the Holocaust, and her memory represents one normal person's account of life in hiding from hateful murderers. The video provides a brief glimpse into the life of Anne Frank.

The Auschwitz album

Could we ever imagine what it was like to be herded into a concentration camp? A Jew who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau released in 1980 a photo album she found in a German prison guard's coat. The pictures she discovered were donated to Yad Vashem, the national Holocaust museum in Israel. I compiled only a portion of the album into this slide show: the complete album can be accessed at the Yad Vashem website. All captions and photos are from the Yad Vashem collection:the entire exhibit is available online as well. The music is "Kol Nidre" (All Vows) recorded by Marty Goetz. Notice especially the faces of the Jews. We can talk all we want about numbers, figures, and statistics, but we must never forget that these were real, living people just like us!