Cette photo mérite absolument tous les prix. Elle a même sa place au Louvre.
Elle relate précisément l’inertie de l’individu face à l’effondrement.
Regardez la composition. Un chef-d’œuvre involontaire.
Au premier plan, le sable doré, les tongs abandonnées, la glacière. Le décor ordinaire du bonheur estival. Deux personnages assis, de dos, comme dans un tableau de Caspar David Friedrich. Sauf que Friedrich peignait des hommes contemplant le sublime. Ici, ils contemplent la catastrophe. Et ils ne bougent pas.
Au centre, le parasol. Publicitaire, criard, dérisoire. Un pastis face à l’apocalypse. C’est presque trop parfait : la France qui prend l’apéro pendant que le monde brûle. Aucun scénariste n’aurait osé.
Et puis le ciel. Les deux tiers de l’image. Cette muraille de fumée qui avale la lumière, ce dégradé d’ocre et de noir digne d’un Turner. La nature qui reprend la palette des maîtres pour peindre notre propre fin.
La femme photographie l’incendie avec son téléphone. Mise en abyme totale : nous documentons notre disparition au lieu de l’empêcher.
Cette image dit tout. Le déni, le confort, l’habitude. Nous sommes tous sur cette plage. Nous voyons tous le nuage. Et nous restons assis, parce que l’eau est bonne et qu’on a posé nos congés.
Les historiens de l’art parleront un jour de cette photo comme on parle du Radeau de la Méduse.
Sauf que cette fois, le naufrage, c’est nous qui le regardons depuis la plage.
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Am Abend des 13. Februar 1970 wurden bei einem antisemitischen Brandanschlag auf das Altenheim der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in München sieben Menschen getötet, darunter Überlebende der Shoah. Heute erinnert eine Gedenktafel in der Synagoge Reichenbachstraße an die Opfer.
Heute vor 56 Jahren, am 13. Februar 1970, wurden beim Anschlag auf das Seniorenheim der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in der Reichenbachstraße 27 sieben Menschen ermordet. Sie starben, weil sie Juden waren.
Wir werden ihnen ein ehrendes Andenken bewahren.
Once again, I post this @AuschwitzMuseum photo of Istvan Reiner, as I do every year on #HolocaustMemorialDay. The Nazis had given him a ticket punch to play with. Such a radiant, happy little soul, innocent and pure. And then they gassed him, and snuffed him out. #NeverForget🕯️
Meine Frau macht jedes Jahr bei "Weihnachten im Schuhkarton" mit. Das ist eine Aktion, wo man einen Schuhkarton mit Geschenken füllt und dieser Schuhkarton wird dann einem Kind irgendwo auf der Welt zu Weihnachten geschenkt, das sonst wahrscheinlich eher nichts zu Weihnachten bekäme. Man weiß einzig das ungefähre Alter und das Geschlecht des Kindes für das man ein Paket packt.
Da macht sie schon mit seitdem ich sie kenne.
Ich finde das ist eine wundervolle Aktion. Und mich hat diese Slebstverständlichkeit und Freude und Konsequenz mit der sie das macht von Anfang an beeindruckt. Wochenlang denkt sie schon an das Thema und kauft immer mal eine Kleinigkeit ein.
Heute ist wieder ein Schuhkarton auf die Reise gegangen. Wie jedes Jahr. Für ein Mädchen zwischen 5 und 9.
Auch ein Grund, warum ich meine Frau liebe. ❤️
Am 16. Oktober 1941 mussten sich in Trier alle Jüd*innen auf Befehl der Gestapo um 14 Uhr am Bischof-Korum-Haus einfinden. Mit dem ersten größeren Deportationszug aus dem Westen wurden sie tags darauf deportiert. Mitnehmen durften sie nur einen Koffer. Ein Denkmal erinnert daran.
14 October 1940 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Mirjam Lewkowicz, was born in Gouda.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Zwei Jahre litten die Geiseln in #Gaza in der Gewalt der #Hamas
Zwei Jahre stand @PreislerKa alleine auf Strassen und Plätzen, um an deren Leiden und Sterben zu erinnern und die Freilassung zu fordern.
Heute ist auch Karolines Tag und viele Menschen überall auf der ganzen Welt sind ihr dankbar für diese Arbeit.
🕯️The Face They Tried to Erase — and Never Could.
His name was Aron Löwi.
A Jewish merchant from the quiet Polish town of Zator.
He was 62 — old enough to have lived a full life, young enough to still dream of peace.
A husband. A neighbor. A man who once mattered to someone.
But on March 5, 1942, his name became a number — 26406 — and his story was swallowed by Auschwitz.
When they photographed him at the camp’s entrance, you can still see it — the bruises, the hollow eyes, the quiet disbelief.
Pinned to his striped uniform were symbols meant to reduce him to nothing:
🟡 a yellow star for his faith,
🔺 a red triangle for his defiance.
Because even existing, for some, was defiance.
He lasted five days.
From March 5th to March 10th.
No record. No grave. No goodbye.
Just another name erased from the paperwork of horror.
And yet… his face remains.
A single photograph that outlived his captors.
A silent proof that memory is stronger than hate.
Every time we look at Aron Löwi, the machine that tried to erase him loses — again.
Because remembrance is resistance.
#NeverForget #HolocaustMemory #FacesOfHistory #HumanDignity
Singer Robbie Williams has cancelled his Istanbul concert following public backlash for “being Zionist.”
Robbie’s Turkish-born wife and children are Jewish, and at his 2023 Tel Aviv concert, he said, “I'm raising my kids Jewish and I'm grateful for the Jewish people.” He also played for a Tel Aviv crowd of 40,000 in 2015.
Protesting an artist because of their Jewish family’s connections to their homeland, and their concerts in Israel, is nothing short of discrimination.
If Turkey won’t have him, Israelis would be glad to welcome him back!
Am 30. September 1936 wird im Römerpark in Köln Süd der achtjährige Hans Abraham Ochs von einer Gruppe Hitlerjungen angepöbelt und zusammengeschlagen. Wenig später erliegt er im Israelitischen Krankenhaus den Verletzungen. Bis heute bleibt das Verbrechen ungesühnt.
I can’t get over this picture. I’m just a random American on the other side of the world, I’m not Jewish, and can’t stop thinking about the Bibas family.
Targeted and killed for being Jews.
I proudly stand with the Jewish people.
Eulogy by Yarden Bibas, husband of Shiri and father of Ariel and Kfir:
"Mi Amor"
I remember the first time I said "mi amor" to you. It was at the very beginning of our relationship. You told me to only call you that if I was certain I loved you, not to say it carelessly. I didn't say it then because I didn't want you to think I was rushing to say "I love you." Shiri, I'll confess to you now that I already loved you back then when I said "mi amor."
Shiri, I love you and will always love you!
Shiri, you are everything to me!
You are the best wife and mother there could be.
Shiri, you are my best friend.
Mishmish, who will help me make decisions now? How am I supposed to make decisions without you?
Do you remember our last decision together?
In the safe room, I asked if we should "fight or surrender." You said fight, so I fought.
Shiri, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you all. If only I had known what would happen, I wouldn't have fired.
I think about everything we went through together—there are so many beautiful memories.
I remember Ariel and Kfir's births. I remember the days we would sit at home or in a café, just the two of us, talking for hours about everything under the sun. It was wonderful. I miss those times deeply.
Your presence is profoundly missed.
I want to tell you about everything that's happening in the world and here in Israel.
Shiri, everyone knows and loves us—you can't imagine how surreal all this madness is.
Shiri, people tell me they'll always be by my side, but they're not you. So please stay close to me and don't go far!
Shiri, this is the closest I've been to you since October 7th, and I can't kiss or hug you, and it's breaking me!
Shiri, please watch over me...
Protect me from bad decisions. Shield me from harmful things and protect me from myself. Guard me so I don't sink into darkness.
Mishmish, I love you!
Chuki, Ariel,
You made me a father. You transformed us into a family.
You taught me what truly matters in life and about responsibility.
The day you were born, I matured instantly because of you. You taught me so much about myself, and I want to thank you.
So thank you, my beloved.
Ariel, I hope you're not angry with me for failing to protect you properly and for not being there for you. I hope you know I thought about you every day, every minute.
I hope you're enjoying paradise. I'm sure you're making all the angels laugh with your silly jokes and impressions. I hope there are plenty of butterflies for you to watch, just like you did during our picnics.
Chuki, be careful when you climb down from your cloud not to step on Toni...
Teach Kfir all your impressions and make everyone laugh up there.
Ariel, I love you "the most in the world, always in the world," just as you used to tell us.
Poopik, Kfir,
I didn't think our family could be more perfect, and then you came and made it even more perfect...
I remember your birth. I remember during the delivery when the midwife suddenly stopped everything—we were frightened and thought something was wrong—but it was just to tell us we had another redhead. Mom and I laughed and rejoiced.
You brought more light and happiness to our little home. You came with your sweet, captivating laugh and smile, and I was instantly hooked!
It was impossible not to nibble on you all the time.
Kfir, I'm sorry I didn't protect you better, but I need you to know that I love you deeply and miss you terribly!
I miss nibbling on you and hearing your laughter.
I miss our morning games when mom would ask me to watch you before I went to work. I cherished those little moments so much, and I miss them now more than ever!
Kfir, I love you the most in the world, always in the world!
I have so many more things to tell you all, but I'll save them for when we're alone.