Duchess Kate of Cambridge, who is an ardent amateur photographer and patron of the Royal Photographic Society, described the people she photographed as 'two of the most life-affirming people that I have had the privilege to meet,' according to the palace.
to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
The ceremony takes place on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and honors survivors of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution, and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. One image shows 84-year-old Steven Frank, originally from Amsterdam, alongside his granddaughters Maggie and Trixie Fleet, aged 15 and 13. The photo, in its composition and its sharp contrasts of light and dark,Another image is that of 82-year-old Yvonne Bernstein, originally from Germany, who hid in France throughout most of the Holocaust. She is pictured with her granddaughter Chloe Wright, 11.
"It was a true honor to have been asked to participate in this project and I hope in some way Yvonne and Steven’s memories will be kept alive as they pass the baton to the next generation," Kate said. Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were among scores of British leaders who arrived in rainy weather for the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony, which has taken place every year in the United Kingdom since 2001.
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