Nazi Brutality

Through all the time I've learned about what happened to those in countries close to Nazi Germany and even in the country itself, it's always hard for me to grasp the fact that people would actually do this.

This poster is just another show of how gruesome the world can be sometimes. It directly tells you the events of what happened to those people living in Lidice, Czechoslovakia.

The designer, Ben Stahn, has portrayed the ominous events perfectly. The head is concealed to give the tone an even more darker tone. It makes me wonder if we even want to know what the person's face looks like underneath.  The hands are shackled, a clear sign of their freedom taken away.

What's even more sad though is the summary of what happened in the village. Think of all the families that were separated. The children that were taken away no longer had parents due to the father was already dead and the mother would most likely be joining him soon. It's just beyond me how humans can do this to their own kind. And for what? To prove that there's a superior race of humans? There's no such thing as a superior race!

Thank god people have the right to express themselves in most places. If it weren't for the designers, we never would come to fully understand just how painful the events were around this time. Designers after all make you feel something or express their ideas visually through a powerful message. That's the way I see it, anyway. This is why these posters are so important. We come to sympathize with the victims.