HISTORY

My personal attempts to contextualise and understand the holocaust by way of site visits, research and correspondence.

15 Articles

Escape to Sobibor?

Do we visit holocaust sites for the history, or just for thrill of the ride? I take a closer look at the "architecture of terror", so you don't have to.
Escape to Sobibor?

Stepping Stones.

Following the Lublin Memorial Trail on a freezing November afternoon. With one foot in the past and one in the present: Stepping Stones.
Stepping Stones.

On Desecration.

For me, visiting historical holocaust sites is an essential, personal act that ensures the memory of the holocaust endures and serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences of hatred and intolerance: On Desecration.
On Desecration.

This was Majdanek.

There is something uniquely consistent about Majdanek: it has a mournful, laconic atmosphere that penetrates right to one's core. From the testimony of a survivor: This was Majdanek.
This was Majdanek.
Reticulate is the blog & creative playground of David Henzell. It is also both of these, the other way around. Thermostatic reactions to the world around me.
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