Orly Ohana

Thomas Geve - The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz

Thomas Geve (1929 – 2024) was a Holocaust survivor from Germany. He survived Auschwitz, Gross Rosen and Buchenwald. He recorded his experiences in a series of nearly 80 drawings soon after the liberation and published a memoir in 1958. He gave testimony to groups at Yad Vashem and elsewhere. This interview with Orly Ohana, Associate Art Curator from Yad Vashem's Museums Division, discusses Thomas Geve and his work.  "No one else has come forward to tell of those who grew up in concentration... Continue reading

In the Footsteps of Heroes

The 1953 Yad Vashem Law, at the foundation of Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, affirms that amongst its tasks lies the commitment to commemorate "the valor and heroism of the soldiers, the fighters of the underground and the prisoners in the ghettos, as well as the sons and daughters of the Jewish people who struggled for their human dignity." In this spirit, four monuments were erected at Yad Vashem over five decades, the intent of which was to give presence to... Continue reading