Yael-+Pastel+Nazis

"Yom Hashoa" is a day in the year when we stop to remember the Holocaust. We have ceremonies that commemorate the slaughter of six million Jews who were killed by the German Nazis between 1939- 1945. We also stand and listen to a loud siren which is heard in all of Israel. During the siren we stop to think and remember those terrible years when many of our people were murdered just because they were Jewish. We have Holocaust survivors come to share their memories with us, because we are the ones who will pass this information on so that the world will not forget what was done to the Jews.
 * Reaction Piece on the Holocaust / yael kahn**

In my opinion, the story "Pastel Nazis" is about a Holocaust survivor, Moise, who is living a life where he feels that no one seems to care. This survivor wrote a book about his memories and he also colors in old pictures of the horrifying Holocaust to show how evil they were. When you look at a pastel colored picture you can feel it, and it stands out more than any old black and white picture. When people pass by Moises work they would either glare with disgust or turn away. People were horrified by the fact that someone would bring all this back in colors because usually color symbolizes happiness and life, while the pictures of the Nazis are deathly horrible and disgusting. This act is done with complete irony. What the artist is trying to do is to catch people's eye by turning dull miserable pictures into colorful works of art. He wants the world to notice how real it is, and how it might happen again!