A reflection on Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau in photographs and words I edited for the Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics Journalism 2013 website.
See the full essay here.
The FASPE fellows spent two days at Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau. We asked the group to share their thoughts.
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| A partial view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp from the Death Gate watchtower. The camp is too large to capture in just one photograph. Photo by Beth Cortez-Neavel. |
I was so angry there, when we first arrived at Auschwitz. The blatant tourism, the rows and rows of headphones, and the multitude of people waiting, seemed so cold and fake to me. But I quickly realized that I, too, was a tourist here to witness the power of this place. Sometimes I hid behind my camera or my pen and notebook, other times I made myself look at the reality of the place. Either in memory or photographs, I will take as much of this place with me as possible to keep something like this from happening again.
– Beth Cortez-Neavel, Journalism Fellow
See the full essay here.