Thursday, September 20, 2007

The Banality of Evil

I didn't live through World War II, but I have learned quite a lot about it since then. The juxtaposition of the relaxed normality of the people in these photos and the horrible events they facilitated (and that were happening right then in close proximity to where these photos were taken) should remind us that this kind of intolerable violence can happen even when everything on the surface seems calm and normal. Without going into personal political or social beliefs, I'll just provide a link to the interactive photo album below and hope it will give you an opportunity to think.

Interactive Auschwitz Photo Album

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