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Upstanders: Portraits of Courage | Hold Fast To Dreams
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Hold Fast To Dreams. Where the light cannot be muzzled. Upstanders: Portraits of Courage. Asymp; Leave a comment. Why do you think that in times of crisis, some people stand by, or actively help the perpetrators, while others get involved and try to make a positive difference? From Facing History, Facing Ourselves). 1Smart: intelligent, smart, wise. 2Strong: strong, leader,dominating,courageous,gallant. 3Selfless:moral,honest,selfless,humble,altruistic. 4Caring:compassionate,empathetic,caring, kind.
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Otto Dix: Exposing the horror of war | Hold Fast To Dreams
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Hold Fast To Dreams. Where the light cannot be muzzled. Otto Dix: Exposing the horror of war. Asymp; Leave a comment. Skat Players, 1920. Prague Street, 1920. Storm Troopers Advancing Under Gas, 1924. The brutality of World War 1, the mud, mutilations and futility, haunted Dix’s work. His art revealed the decadence and despair of the Weimar years. He was declared a degenerate artist. Click on this link here to find more about the art of Otto Dix: Pragger Strasse 1920. Larr; Previous post. Next post →.
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Weapons of the Spirit: The Courage of Le Chambon | Hold Fast To Dreams
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Hold Fast To Dreams. Where the light cannot be muzzled. Weapons of the Spirit: The Courage of Le Chambon. Asymp; Leave a comment. Therese Crout’s Night in Le Chambon (Moon Dance). Not a single Jew who came [to the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon] was turned away, or turned in. But it was not until decades later that the villagers spoke of what they had done — and even then, only reluctantly. “How could you call us ‘good’? Elizabeth Koenig-Kaufman, a former child refugee in Le Chambon. And here at Yad Vashem.
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George Grosz: Commenting on suffering, corruption and vice | Hold Fast To Dreams
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Hold Fast To Dreams. Where the light cannot be muzzled. George Grosz: Commenting on suffering, corruption and vice. Asymp; Leave a comment. Grosz painted many characters as fat, ugly and immoral to reflect the contradictions seen in the Weimar society around him. MOMA suggests that the war had turned Grosz into a misanthropist. Grosz and Heartfield became friends and like Heartfield (see previous post), Grosz changed his first name into the English form as a protest against the right-wing nationalism he ...