One Survivor Remembers

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One Survivor Remembers

• By
• Hannah And
• Danielle

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• On the night before Gerdas brother left, she
  went to his room and fell asleep at the foot of
  his bed.
• Gerda realized that there was a good chance that
  she would never see Artur again, so she wanted
  him to know how much she loved and admired him.
• The painting represents the pain of losing a
  loved one. The dark sky, red houses, and the way
  its drawn all illustrate the moods of fear and
  pain.

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Snow, Winter in Vitebsk, 1911 by Marc Chagall
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• While Gerda and her parents are living in the
  basement of her house, she sneaks out to her
  garden to see the flowers.
• Even though her life is changed forever, she
  still feels hope in seeing her garden.
• The painting represents Gerdas garden and how it
  made her feel happy shown by the pink and the
  green in nature. The white hand represents her
  hope which is surrounded by the black background
  that illustrates the fear that is always lurking
  in the back of her mind.

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The Flesh Eaters, 1952 by William Baziotes
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• Gerda was on a death march to Czechoslovakia. In
  the meantime, she and her friend decided to run
  away into the forest. When the time came, they
  were both too afraid to do it, so they stayed.
• A few minutes later they heard gun shots as the
  Nazis shot another group of girls that had the
  same idea.

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Bird in Space, 1923 by Constantin Brancusi

• The white is like bone, symbolizing how the Jews
  were dehumanized and stripped of their dignity
  and possessions. The base is like the pillar of
  hope that they still have deep within them,
  planted in their beliefs. At the point where the
  sculpture narrows, its as if theyve been worked
  almost to the point of breaking.

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• I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is
  not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember
  when I did not so think and feel.
• -Abraham Lincoln, 1864