Thornflower has its roots deep in the artist’s childhood in Prague (which she left in 1939) in happy memories of her grandmothers’ home “Das Rosel Haus (the house of rose)” and in the death of her grandmother in Treblinka in 1942.
It is a reflection not only on the Nazi Holocaust but on “man’s inhumanity” across [...]
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The Thornflower by Charlotte Mayer
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2025
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Kazerne Dossin
It is my turn at Vision & Verb today. My post is about the Kazerne Dossin museum and military barracks which serve as a permanent history and memorial to the Jews who were held there awaiting deportation to Nazi concentration camps during WWII. I invite you to join me there.
More photos of the museum and barracks [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2014
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The Time is Now
Black triangle
Pink triangle
Green triangle
Red triangle
Blue triangle
Lilac triangle
And they wore the yellow triangle
When first they came for the criminals I did not speak
Then they began to take the jews
When they fetched the people who were members of trade unions
I did not speak
They took away the Bible students
Rounded up the the homosexuals
Then they gathered up the immigrants [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 20th 2013
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Holocaust Memorial Day
We should never forget the cost of idealism, ambition and greed. It leads to unacceptable atrocities and tragedy.
Untold Stories – Margret from Holocaust Memorial Day Trust on Vimeo.
These photos and video are from the Holocaust Memorial Day website:
Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity for everyone to learn lessons from the Holocaust, Nazi [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 27th 2013
