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An artist coloured in a photo of an Auschwitz victim and it’s heartbreaking

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Czesława Kwoka was 14 years old when she entered Auschwitz in 1942. She was beaten, given a serial number and photographed. Three months later, Czeslawa was killed.

Czeslawa’s photographs have since been colourised.

  • What’s your initial reaction, when you look at both sets of photographs?
  • Why do you think you have this reaction?