Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen death camp were being transported to another camp when the Germans abandoned the train. The US Army came upon the survivors. Two soldiers took photographs.
Decades later these photos resulted in the reuniting of 275 Holocaust survivors and the American soldiers who freed them.
The absolute sorrow, excitement, happiness, fear, all combined into one facial expression. I sometimes ponder about how lucky many of us are to just be born into a safe country, never having to experience persecution.
We have no reference for what it would be like to be herded like farm animals, and transported towards a human slaughterhouse. It's an absolute chilling thought.
TooShiftyForYou on September 28th, 2020 at 19:12 UTC »
Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen death camp were being transported to another camp when the Germans abandoned the train. The US Army came upon the survivors. Two soldiers took photographs.
Decades later these photos resulted in the reuniting of 275 Holocaust survivors and the American soldiers who freed them.
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BreathOfFreshWater on September 28th, 2020 at 19:26 UTC »
The person in the background who seems genuinly happy.
freeskee19 on September 28th, 2020 at 19:41 UTC »
The absolute sorrow, excitement, happiness, fear, all combined into one facial expression. I sometimes ponder about how lucky many of us are to just be born into a safe country, never having to experience persecution.
We have no reference for what it would be like to be herded like farm animals, and transported towards a human slaughterhouse. It's an absolute chilling thought.