Holocaust Survivors are the very last living witnesses of those who became the helpless target of unprecedented hatred and genocidal plans during the Nazi period.

 

During the Holocaust, each and every Jew saw his entire world collapse. Some went through the horrors of the Nazi extermination camps. Others managed to survive in less horrendous conditions. All of them had to face, at some point, the sudden crash of their previously well structured and apparently safe surroundings.

 

Today, more than 75 years later, fewer and fewer Holocaust Survivors are still among us. Having survived, they had to start a new life, often from scratch, despite the traumas and open wounds. Many have managed to raise a family and lead their own career.

 

They are now nearing the end of their life. Their living testimony in all forms is invaluable to us and to future generations.

 

Through these B&W portraits, I have tried to draw up a visual and evocative perspective of their life “then and now” with regard to their destroyed but not forgotten past.