Dienstag, 28. Juli 2026

What She Carried

This one, in terms of her left hand, she is holding a piece of cloth to cover her hand. It was surgically removed, a common Nazi technique for forced alignment. The photo was labeled Bergen-Belsen near Hanover. Upon my recent visit, everything was gone. There is only a field. Questions remain, even from other memorial sites, as to what existed there. I think that an extensive analysis of what is underneath must be performed and published for the public. The next step may be satellite hyperspectral high-resolution imaging. Maybe the folks at Majdanek can help. They have a full-time staff dedicated to unearthing every minute detail.

I posted the photo before where she is sitting next to Margot Frank and took it down because it is too sensitive. But most importantly, there is more denial in my area than acceptance, so it does not seem to accomplish anything except hostile comments from those who mock rather than engage.

Gleichschaltung was forced alignment and synchronization with the German authorities. Every day, alignment in the camp yard at KL Mauthausen involved all prisoners standing in sync, and raising their left arm to give the Hitler salute.

The field is empty, but the truth is not. ✔️