Context: This is a photograph of representatives from multiple countries including the vice president of the U.S., Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynn (center). They are in attendance at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a death camp established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the Polish city of Oswiecim which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. The name of the city of Oswiecim was changed to Auschwitz, which became the name of the camp as well. From 1940 to 1945, the Nazis deported over a million Jews, almost 150,000 Poles, 23,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet POWs, and over 10,000 prisoners of other nationalities to Auschwitz. The overwhelming majority of them died in the camp. (Source: www.auschwitz-muzeum.oswiecim.pl)

Imagine you are part of a group of foreign dignitaries commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz or had family members who died at Auschwitz or another German concentration camp during WWII, how would you react to this photograph? Let your imagination roll for a bit...

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