A timeless march Aleph

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A timeless march (Aleph) The reflection of the ro
w of Israeli flagsleading the Canadian
contingent on TheMarch of the Living from
Auschwitz toBirkenau. Auschwitz, Poland, April 7
, 1994 (Yom Hashoah).
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These shoes were made for walking - and that's
what they should have done. (Bet)
Part of the 800,000 pairs of shoes heldin three
barracks. Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, April 8, 1994
.
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The depth of destruction. (Gimel)
A sample barrack at Majdanek. Majdanek, Lublin, P
oland, April 8, 1994.
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Not just another tombstone in the wall. (Daled)
The first image that one sees from thegates of
the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery. Warsaw, Poland, April
5, 1994.
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Pandora's Barrack. (Heh) The lock that remains on
Majdanek'sfirst barrack. Majdanek, Lublin, Pola
nd, April 8, 1994.
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Cycle of Destruction I - The Undressing Room.
(Vav) Part of the wall in section one ofMajdanek
's first gas chamber. Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, A
pril 8, 1994.
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Cycle of Destruction II - Shower Room. (Zayin)
Part of the real shower room. Majdanek, Lublin, P
oland, April 8, 1994.
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Cycle of Destruction III - Death. (Chet)
The Gas Chamber.The blue hue (ceiling) is all
that remainsof the Zyclone-B gas that
stolethousands' last breath.
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, April 8, 1994.
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Found separately and put together symbolically.
(Tet)
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, April 8, 1994.
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Then, a quick death from Zyclone-B,today a slow
one from pollution. (Yud) Majdanek and Lublin. M
ajdanek, Lublin, Poland, April 8, 1994.
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Did these tracks take mygrandparents away?
(Caf) In many parts of the city, trolley trackss
tand as remnants of the network whichshipped
human beings to the death camps.A view of
modern day Warsaw. Warsaw, Poland, April 10, 1994
.
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Where Majdanek meets someone's back yard.
(Lamed) Today houses come right up to the fenceo
f this death camp. Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, Apri
l 8, 1994.
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Crooked parallelism.(Mem) What remains of Nazi
efficiency.Planks of wood strewn next to
"Shower Room II". Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, Apri
l 8, 1994
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Renovated Jewish light in Warsaw. (Nun)
Inside the newly renovated and onlyremaining
synagogue in Warsaw TheNozyk synagogue.
Warsaw, Poland, April 10, 1994.
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The flight of life. (Samech) A crane flying free
in the Golan Heights.Remains of a Syrian barrack
lie below.
The Golan Heights, April 11, 1994.
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The flow of Water. (Ayin) A Roman aqueduct next t
o a modern dayamphitheatre at the Ghetto
Fighters'Kibbutz in Northern Israel.Haifa, a
port city, watches from adistance.
Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz, Israel, April 11, 1994.
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Into the Light. (Pay) The Valley of the communiti
es at Yad Vashem.Part of the memorial to the
5,000 JewishCommunities that were destroyed
duringthe Holocaust in Europe.
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel, April 17, 1994.
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Ready to come full circle. (Tsadik)
The Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., U.S.A., May 23, 1994.
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Poised to build on the past. (Kuf)
A bird on a nail at the Western Wall.Coming full
circle for peace in troubled times.
The Western Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel,
April 12, 1994.
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Bringing the pulse of the past into the future.
(Reish) Treblinka, where nothing remains, butthe
future. Stones of various sizes havebeen
erected to symbolize the destroyedJewish
Communities of Europe. Treblinka, Poland, April 1
0, 1994.
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This is who we are. (Shin) The Ontario contingent
of the March ofthe Living, 150 strong.
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, April 8, 1994