Portraits of Holocaust survivors
When photographer Maciek Nabrdalik realized that the last generation of German concentration camp survivors was growing old, he set out to document their stories.
Since 2009, Nabrdalik has interviewed and photographed 45 survivors. He has gathered their portraits and memories into a book, "The Irreversible," and an exhibition of the work will open at VII Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Sept. 12, 2013. Read on to see selections from this work and learn more about the project here.
In this photo, Jakob Rotenbach, KL Auschwitz-Birkenau and KL Mauthausen-Gusen survivor
"After the war, nobody wanted to listen to the stories about the camp, so I would talk to the wall. Later, it was announced that the camps had never existed. I couldn't remain silent. I spoke with students, I took part in conferences, and I was active in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. When my four or five-year-old grandchildren asked, pointing to my tattoo, 'What is it?' I explained to them where it had come from. People would tell me that I was crazy, that I shouldn't talk about such cruelty with small children, but I couldnt do otherwise."
Credit: Maciek Nabrdalik/VII
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