Photo: Ofir Asif
Some photos of a layered world aren’t pretty. Some are there to remind us of history that shouldn’t have happened yet did: People stacked in slave ships’ holds. People forced to march. People warehoused in concentration camps. People massacred. People just like us … stripped of dignity. Dehumanized.
And yet. People they each were. Each one a universe of thoughts and soul and feelings. Each one worthy. Each a human being.
Layered in the bowels of our collective histories are memories that hurt as the agony they resurrect is peeled away so they be seen. And yet they may be there exactly to remind us what we should know … and never repeat.
Na'ama Yehuda 
I knew as soon as I saw the first bit of the photo what it was. Never again!
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It is sadly instantly recognizable. In that sense, atrocities often are. Never again indeed.
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A very powerful post. To think, how easy it would be to be a great leader if power did not get in the way. There is only one reason to lead, to follow the desire of those you lead. Maybe some day. Thank you for sharing this.
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May it be, as you say so wisely, that leaders find a way to lead without power hunger. Maybe some day!
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