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Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp Memorial
Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: April 19, 2024
Caption: Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp Memorial
Additional Description: Lorsqu'on ne tuera plus ils seront bien venges

Le seul voeu de justice a pour echo la vie

Written across the base of the memorial are these lines from Paul Eluard’s Légion and they can be rendered as:

When we no longer kill they will be well avenged

The only wish for justice has life as its echo
Submitted: April 25, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p786080
File Size: 3.698 Megabytes

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