Students and historians alike are often fascinated by World War Two. We study the tactics, the motivation, the battles, and the people. Perhaps most important of all, we study the Holocaust. The systematic murder of millions of people, mainly the Jewish population of many European states. However, Jewish life before the war is often glossed over, or avoided entirely. The novel, “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak shows us the inside of a Jewish man in hiding, while the photo archive of the United Sates Holocaust Memorial Museum gives us glimpses into the past, where we consider the life of Jewish Citizens before the war.
This photo portrays a Jewish family travelling to a spa in Yugoslavia, Serbia to be more precise. A quote from the picture’s