Taking a trip to Westerbork, I was unsure of what I would find. There were so many possibilities, such as what was still left over and what was all there for memorial. It is a strange feeling to be in a place where thousands of Dutch Jews, Gypsy's and resistance workers would have been transported to before heading off to the major death and labour camps around Europe.
The thing that I found most heartbreaking, was that they never knew....they thought they were going to another place where they could play soccer at night, attend a church service on the Sabbath, or work for only a few hours a day. Prisoners only spent a maximum of a couple weeks here before leaving for the East....including Anne Frank.
Its hard to capture such emotion and feelings while being there and I hope I succeeded in the sense of respect and yet emptiness that I wanted to achieve.
To those who never knew.
Other great Memorial shots: Michael Kenna Phototgraphy
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