Your thoughts' on this video?

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On a recent trip to Europe, a family of three generations (a Holocaust survivor, his daughter and his grandchildren) dance to Gloria Gaynor's pop song - 'I Will Survive' at concentration camps and memorials throughout Europe.

This dance is a tribute to the tenacity of the human spirit and a celebration of life. It is an affirmation that man can triumph over the darkest of circumstance and still strive to find beauty and peace. Similarly, each one of us has to face the adversary of our own lives and find the spirit 'to survive.'

In making this video, my intention was to present a fresh perspective to younger generations who have often become desensitized to the horrors of the Holocaust.

I hope 'Dancing Auschwitz' will allow historical memory to live on, so that the lessons of the past will be forever remembered.

Both my mother & father, as well as being my inspiration, have also been my support throughout this project. At times, when I have felt challenged by its appropriateness, they have reminded me that 'THEY CAME FROM THE ASHES- NOW THEY DANCE!'

 

I saw this on another forum,
If I did it... it'd be excruciating bad taste, but if an 89 year old Holocaust survivor wants to, then I reckon that's ENTIRELY up to him.

I reckon he can do what he bloody likes in that respect.

~A

 

correct..and absolutely agree on the second part, his choice, though a catch 22? it is! and it is'nt! ..depends on what way you view it adam..

 

Personally, I think its a celebration of survival and endurance through a long life! It is certainly a nice way to say "I STILL survive despite you!"

(Not as satisfying as urinating on a Nazi bigshot's grave, but that was his choice)

 

To be the devils advocate, my impression was the opposite. If the intent of the video was to give a fresh perspective to the younger generation, then it certainly has helped to desensitize them to it. "Oh yeah, Auschwitz is a place you dance to bad 80's music." I don't really think the video is a tribute to anything, or a 'stick it to the big man' type of thing either. If anything, I think it makes light of something that should not be taken lightly and does not honor the memory of those that did not survive. There are certainly better ways to honor their memory.

 

Well if it gets up the nose of nazi lovers then I got no beef with it.

 

I admire the old fellah's motives, and in my opinion he has earned the right to act on those motives as he pleases, but I have to agree with musso on the fact, that it will probably be misunderstood by most.

Vest

 

Apparently its divided people on the matter, 50/50 leaning each way on whether its disrespectful or not. Not to mention the question of his Artist Daughter, who posted it online for self promotion (where as it could have been kept as a family video).