There will be accountability for the countless young lives of these precious children who were cut off before their time. In the Sovereign LORD is hope, justice, and redemption. Notice the young boy is carrying a flashlight in his right hand and the older boy at the left in uniform stands with his little brother (also in uniform) and holding his little sister with the red shoes. The look and stance of the little toddler at the right is haunting.
The Scripture that keeps coming to me regarding these children who were literally taken from the cattle cars at Auschwitz and murdered within minutes is this: “All they who devour you shall be devoured; all your adversaries, everyone one of them shall go into captivity; they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon you will I give for a prey. For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh, because they called you an Outcast, saying, ‘This is Zion, whom no man seeks after or cares about’….I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents and have mercy….and out of them shall proceed thanksgiving….and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few…their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me…and you shall be my people and I will be your God.” (Jeremiah 30:17f)
The Jerusalem Connection is offering archival prints of this original painting, personally signed by the artist to you, for a suggested donation of $75. One hundred percent of your donation for one of these prints goes to help support the work of The Jerusalem Connection. This print frames beautifully and is a constant reminder to “Never Forget!”
More about the Auschwitz Album
Pat Mercer Hutchens, teacher and accomplished practicing artist, has completed a series of over thirty paintings to remember and honor those who perished in the Holocaust. All the paintings were motivated by the Auschwitz Album, the only surviving photographic evidence of Jews arriving and being “processed” at a Nazi death camp. Pat took the paintings this summer for an exhibit at the Krakow Jewish Cultural Festival in Poland. Visit the Auschwitz Album Revisited webpage to read more about these paintings and to see the prints already available.
