The children of GRS Cheder discussed and worked on this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day topic “Survival, how can life go on”.
We looked into Otto Frank and his thoughts about being the only surviving member of the Frank family.
We researched Holocaust survivors and their views of their own survival.
We also looked into survivors of other horrific genocides and their thoughts of survival.
The children chose a survivor to represent in art, and added his/her quote to the portrait they created.
We also chose some images of hope and peace to work on, with the reflection of sending a message of harmony, optimism and support for the future.
The method in which the portraits were printed is called Monotype – a way of creating a one-of-a-kind, single print. The process consists of evenly spreading ink on a plate, then placing a piece of paper over the inked image area and drawing on the back of the paper. The lines drawn are transferred and a reverse image is “pulled” onto the paper. Monotypes are inherently unique because only one or two impressions may be pulled before the ink is used up.
