Forbidden Thought
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
In this design, I represent my favorite quote from the book on the back of the t-shirt. It basically addresses the fact that books make people think. It talks in depth about the power of knowledge and how it got people through world war II. One of the most eye opening things I've ever read.
This meme refers to the numerous occasions when Dita (the main character) had to run through and across all of the educational huts in order to hide the most forbidden of objects, books.
In similar reference to the last, this meme is addressing one of the opening scenes in the book where Dita has to hide the books in her shirt because of a surprise inspection from the SS guards.
"The Priest" is a brutal and mean SS officer in the book. He is horrid and shows no mercy. The prisoners nicknamed him "The Priest" because of his asinine and gruesome behavior.
This is just here to make you laugh.
Forbidden Thought; A Poem
Their hands touch us like we are objects of which they own
And with that they can control our physical being
But that is all they can do, and that scares them
They want to control our minds
The way we think and feel about ourselves
They want us to feel for ourselves the way that they feel for us
As inhuman, filthier than animals in a barn
Worthless.
In this attempt to chain our minds;
They take away the things that make us think
Connection
Love
Contact
Media
BOOKS
They take the books, of course, because the books educate us.
Education is knowledge.
Knowledge is power.
They take our power because they are weak.
That is why we are here
Being killed and raped and spit upon
Because they are scared of us
They are scared of what we could be
They are scared of what we already are
Knowledgeable.