ALL THE PEOPLE SHOWN HERE WERE SENT TO THE GAS CHAMBERS

 

If I didn't know where this photo was taken and who took it, namely an SSS officer, I would think it was a moment of rest after the mass.

in an open field, where one sits down and eats something after a pilgrimage, before

When you go home and take a photo as a souvenir, just like I did as a child with our church community.

This photo shows a child who has found a dandelion in the grass and is now giving or showing it to an older child, PERHAPS a sibling.

A few minutes later, ALL THE PEOPLE SHOWN HERE WERE SENT TO THE GAS CHAMBERS,

And all that remains of these Hungarian Jews is this photograph, children, girls, men, women, boys, girls and this small spontaneous gesture, then screams, shouts and SILENCE.