this scene concerns violence at a Nazi concentration camp.
Ohrdruf, Germany, 1945.
Content note: this scene concerns violence at a Nazi concentration camp.
The wooden posts in the middle of this gathering draw my eye. Then I start looking at the people around them.
There are so many soldiers watching. I wonder what it took to explain what had happened here to a group this large. Could everyone hear? Did the people nearest the speaker understand something that those at the back missed?
I also wonder about the person doing the explaining. How do you decide where to begin when the place itself needs to be understood?
For me, this scene raises questions about being listened to, and about the responsibility of those who are listening.
When you look around this gathering, what do you wonder about the exchange taking place?