Martin Schoeller: Survivors

Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht presents “Survivors. Faces of Life after the Holocaust“—confronting images of 75 Holocaust survivors photographed by Martin Schoeller. These compelling pictures capture the weathered faces of Jewish men and women who witnessed and endured the atrocities of the Holocaust, allowing viewers to discern their struggles and exceptional physical and spiritual resilience. Every feature of Schoeller’s subjects provides us with a piece of personal and collective history: their faces observe us, their gazes hold us. The lines they bear evidence horrors endured, as well as the triumph of their survival and building their lives anew.