Through images and symbols, the horrors of the Holocaust are familiar to us all. Yet, too few of us
are aware of the remarkable story of the flight of the Jews out of Denmark to safety in Sweden in
the fall of 1943. This exhibition of photographs by Judy Ellis Glickman reopens a time in our
history when the bravery of a few overcame the brutality of so many.
Without words, Glickman tells the story of the Rescue through pictorial observations. Using subtle
manipulations of the photographic process, she captures the many emotions of the Rescue, as well
as a stark reminder of what Hitler’s Final Solution did achieve. Glickman also presents the
concentration camps as cruel, empty places. In these images, we are reminded that without the
courage of the Danish government and its people, the fate of Denmark’s Jews would have been
similar to that of so many of their European neighbors. |
