​​​​Eitan Simanor  ​​​P h o t o g r a p h y

Holocaust Survivors are the very last living witnesses of those who became the helpless target of unprecedented hatred and genocidal plans. During the Holocaust, each and every Jew saw his entire world collapse. Some went through the horrors of the Nazi monstrous extermination camps. Others managed to survive in less horrendous conditions. All of them had to face, at some point, the sudden crash and total destruction of their previously well structured and apparently safe surroundings. Today, more than 75 years later, fewer and fewer Holocaust Survivors are still among us. Having survived, they managed to start a new life, often from scratch and despite the traumas and open wounds. Many have raised a family and led their own career. They are now themselves nearing the end of their life. Their living testimony in all forms is invaluable to us and to future generations. Through these B&W portraits, I have tried to draw up a visual and evocative perspective of their life “then and now” with regard to their destroyed but not forgotten past.