The Haunting Photograph of Tereska: A War-Traumatized Child's Drawing of "Home"
I was scrolling through my feed when a photograph stopped me cold.A young girl, maybe seven or eight, standing in front of a blackboard. Warsaw, 1948. The photographer was David "Chim" Seymour, sent…
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