The sculpture, “The Last March,” by Natan Yaakov Rapoport depicts the removal of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War 2. In the sculpture, most of the people represented are looking down as if they know what lies ahead. In the front of the pack, a pregnant woman is clinging to her stomach. Is this because she knows her unborn child will never have the opportunity to live? In the middle of the sculpture is an elderly religious man carrying a torah. He is the only one looking upward. In doing so, was he asking god to protect these people? The young child in the middle is the only full frontal face that is shown. What is the child looking at? The child represents tragedy. By looking out, he is asking his audience why was this allowed to happen? This sculpture is tragic, because it shows these people
Walking to their death,
Accepting of their fate, and
Reminding the audience to never forget the horrors and innocent lives that were lost during the war.
Elsby, Liz. "The International School for Holocaust Studies." Rapoport's Memorial. Web. 21 Mar. 2016.
I really like the way you incorporated the questions after each description of a person in the sculpture. All these people are going through horror and tragedy that we have not experienced. What they must be going through is harsh and scary, being that death is right infront of them. Your questions really got me thinking about what these innocent victims might have been feeling and hoping for during a time of such tragedy. I love the little poem at the end, which wrapped up the meaning of the sculpture as well how hard it must be accepting their inevitable fate. Good job!!!!
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