The Triumphant Spirit: Remembering the Survivors of the Holocaust

January 31 - March 3, 1996

Fifty years after the end of World War II and the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, those who survived or were witnesses share a common cause: to resist prejudice and intolerance by keeping alive reminders of the Holocaust. Frequently noted among these people is a spirit of triumph over the adversities of their experience. Photojournalist Nick Del Calzo began a photographic series of Holocaust survivors' portraits inspired by his visit in 1991 to Dachau, a death camp near Munich. He found their stories told of ensuring hope for a better future, and, through their ability to transcend the unspeakable evil, their faces have become a metaphor for survival.

Del Calzo's photographs, assembled in an exhibition containing accounts of these experiences along with the portraits, will be shown at the Lore Degenstein Gallery. Funded in part by the Charles B. Degenstein Foundation, it is presented in conjunction with the Susquehanna University Holocaust-Genocide Studies Project.


 

 

 

 

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