Darkness, Whispers, and A Silent Cry
An exploration into genocide by a group of sixth grade student’s art about the Holocaust.
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Emerging
by Matt Potoria
Emerging from the ruin. 1994
Time for Lilleth Cave
And counting. 1994
Artist: Matt Pesqueia
Moments
Artist: Jeremy Walsh
A moment in the life. 1994
Poem
A shot rings out across the camp.
Prisoners hang their heads, for they know.
They have seen the pain, the death. Why?
The only sound that remains is
that of a crying baby and
then there is silence.
Escaping Death
Artist: Rebecca Anderson
A story of survival. 1994
Poem
I’m trapped in my cage smaller than me
Hope is gone it passed away
I want to go faraway Trying to escape
this painful death
I look over.
My family
Where did they go?
Watching in Wonder
Artist: Gabe Crown
The Nazis are coming. 1994
Dark Sky
Artist: Cameron Turner
The storm is coming. 1992
Silent Whispers
Artist: Tawney Beaver
But still we whisper. 1994
As I Think Free
Artist: Jason Campa
Father. 1994
Poem
To be free, would be greater than all.
As I look out, from my cage,
I can see no more, except for the one,
Who rises above me. I want to know,
What the golden star means.
Yet the eldest, says no more.
The man who yells, and curses, took my sister.
She was dragged to the smokestacks.
Now I know, it is my time, to go.
Hope Always with a Friend
Artist: Peter Anderson
When you wish upon a star… 1994
Poem
Every time,
A loved one dies,
Another star,
Roams the skies,
Everyone,
Needs a friend,
All of us,
Hold to the end,
The end may be,
So very soon,
But hope is there,
In the crescent moon,
Wish on a star, and your wish will come true,
Wish on a star, and it will help you,
I look through,
Through the bar,
And then I wish,
Upon a star.
Sadness
Artist: Audra Houston
A prayer. 1994
Poem
Sadness in me
Sadness in my family
Why does it have
to be this way?
I lay on my bed trying to think
ahead of me
Why, why
I’m the enemy
A Family is taken to a Concentration Camp
Artist: Sean Williams
A view from the perpetrators. 1991
Fly Away
Artist: Shawn Belknap
Escape. 1993
A Silent Cry
Artist: Jason Conger
Listen. 1994
Hands Up
Artist: Jessica O’Brien
What can I do. 1993
A Family of Three
Artist: Michelle Smith
Taken away. 1991
Student’s art about the Holocaust
