With Raised Hands
A dream-like recreation of a moment in the Warsaw Ghetto based on the famous photograph of a frightened child with raised hands.
A dream-like recreation of a moment in the Warsaw Ghetto based on the famous photograph of a frightened child with raised hands.
Jarosław Dunaj
Krzysztof Franio
Monika Mozer
Etl Szyc
A dream-like recreation of a moment in the Warsaw Ghetto based on the famous photograph of a frightened child with raised hands.
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