Wedding rings found by US army soldiers near the Buchenwald concentration camp. Germany, May 1945.
— National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.
This picture is of wedding rings taken from Jewish prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp. This image conjures up thoughts of loving men and women being taken from one another, and the item signifying their marriage being stolen. This saddens me, because for some people, these wrings were all they had left of their relationship, and it being taken is like a part of their life being taken. Like in the book Night, Elie didn't want to give up his shoes even though it meant a good living place where he could be with his father. Yet, he couldn't give up his shoes because they were all he had left of his previous life. His shoes represented a better life, much like how these rings represent a better time in the lives of hundreds.
— National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.
This picture is of wedding rings taken from Jewish prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp. This image conjures up thoughts of loving men and women being taken from one another, and the item signifying their marriage being stolen. This saddens me, because for some people, these wrings were all they had left of their relationship, and it being taken is like a part of their life being taken. Like in the book Night, Elie didn't want to give up his shoes even though it meant a good living place where he could be with his father. Yet, he couldn't give up his shoes because they were all he had left of his previous life. His shoes represented a better life, much like how these rings represent a better time in the lives of hundreds.