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"First they came for Socialists, and I did not
speak out - because I was not a Socialist. Then they
came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I
was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not
speak out - because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me -
and there was no one left to speak for me.
Rev Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
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“RESCUERS: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust” Photographs and text by Gay Block and Malka Drucker: Gay
Block and Malka Drucker, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, spent three
years interviewing 105 rescuers from ten countries. In their own
words, forty-nine of these people tell the story of their lives
before, during, and after the war as they grapple with the question
of why they acted with humanity in a time of barbarism. Rescuers hid
Jews in cellars and behind false walls, shared their meager
Block’s photographs with Drucker’s narrative will be on display on the outer walls space of Untitled [ArtSpace] for viewing and sale throughout the stay of the complementary USHMM Exhibition. This landmark work has been seen in over fifty venues in the US and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, in 1992, and has been published in a book entitled, “Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust”.
“Gay Block’s portraits describe with remarkable psychological insight men and women who risked their lives to hide, protect, and save Jews during Word War II. Her color photographs describe a special kind of aristocrat, one with innate dignity and nobility. As a visual document, they are a contemporary link with a moment in history and a reminder that as individuals we bear responsibility for shaping our history. This moving body of work is an affirmation that ordinary people can be heroes.” - Susan Kismaric, Curator of Photography, Museum of Modern Art
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