Comments on: 6 Million People

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:20:00 +0000

Just an update. We now have nearly 4000 members and more than 21,000 photos. We’re growing faster every day. And today we’re pleased to announce the opening of Spotlight Seven, which each week will feature 1 photographer and 10 of his or her best portraits. Check it out!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/spotlight_seven/

By: Roger Krueger

Roger Krueger — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:23:00 +0000

Jeremy: My point is, why do we need another Holocaust memorial? There are more movies, books and memorials dedicated to this specific atrocity than all the rest put together.

To carry your analogy a little further, it would be like having 38 Vietnam Walls, nothing for the Civil War, and then someone starts crowing about V-Wall #39 going up.

Maybe it's because we love to believe Hitler was an aberration, a one-off, rather than accept the crushing reality that this goes on with great regularity, that the ability to be this evil resides within a pretty good chunk of the human race.

I think once upon a time the Holocaust really did inspire people to say "Never again" and mean it. But now it seems to be becoming a more and more isolated meme, people just aren't connecting it to the need to speak up for those dying in places like Darfur and Tibet.

By: Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy Toeman — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:27:00 +0000

to robert krueger:
That's like going to the Vietnam Wall and complaining because it doesn't memorialize those who died in the Civil War.

THIS is in memory of the Holocaust, not "everyone who'se ever died in some terrible atrocity."

Furthermore, the Holocaust explicitly refers to Hitler's much-too-successful attempt to wipe Jews off the planet. The concentration camps were set up for this purpose. That the Nazis used them to kill others with them is appalling as well, and deserves every bit of attention and awareness. But, as I said above, this is not "memorialize anyone the Nazis killed", this is about the Holocaust.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:19:00 +0000

Thomas – Love your work. I’ve been lurking for months…this post prompted me to set up a Yahoo ID, join flicker, join the 6 million group, and post a self portrait (a blatant copy of your example!) But, my gosh, is flicker messed up, I can’t figure out how to add my picture to the group. Maybe it’s the hour, but seems to me it should be more obvious if it’s there at all.

By: Roger Krueger

Roger Krueger — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:43:00 +0000

Why is it always about the Jews and the Nazis?

History, especially the 20th century, is rife with other examples of mass murder–Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Rwanda, Armenia. Why not remember their victims too?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:30:00 +0000

Blog spam sucks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:21:00 +0000

More then 6 million people died. Maybe I’ll remember them while you ignore them. Don’t post blog spam on Digg.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:00:00 +0000

Hi Thomas

This is a nice gesture, but as an Israeli, and a Jew, I would like to note that outside of the 6 million jews that were killed, there were also aprox 3 million gypsys, polacks, etc.

I think this is worth a mention

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 May 2007 12:59:00 +0000

I would prefer to remember all 11 million that died in the Nazi concentration camps. Not just one group in particular.

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Sun, 13 May 2007 12:03:00 +0000

Thanks Bob. To put this project in perspective, at present there are a little over 7 million people on Flickr. A pool of 6 million portraits would be a monumentous feat. And quite a statement to the world. To see this project completed would be quite a testament to the 6 million Jews who died as well as the millions of other non-Jews who died. It would also be something to see this completed through the power of social networking in all its forms, blogging, photography, twitter, digg, reddit, podcasting, etc. To see these tools accomplish something like this would be pretty amazing.