Political Cartoon in Sand - German invasion & occupation of Ukraine during WWII

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Run time: 08:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3OvRXKg   Posted on YouTube: August 14, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 15, 2009 By DU Member: tomm2thumbs Views on DU: 2064

 
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII. Where art and politics meet, this video is worth watching.

[Mind_your_head]

1. It's NOT a cartoon. It's beautiful artistry, set and timed to music.

It is AMAZING. This was originally posted by Shraby on Thursday and made it to the greatest page, btw. See here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6300598

If your post allows more people to see it, so be it....but I believe in "giving credit where credit is due".

How did you first learn of it, tomm?

Regardless, I hope people will take a few minutes and watch.

[tomm2thumbs]

3. If it is a repost, feel free to have it flagged for removal and accept my sincerest humblest apology

I am so sorry to have posted something that was sent to me by my cousin tonight. I feel just terrible.

[shraby]

4. It's worth a repeat in case someone missed it the

first time around..don't despair. It's beautiful isn't it?

[onestepforward]

2. Beauty beyond words... Amazing talent. n/t

[avaistheone1]

5. Is she working just with her bare hands and the sand?

What beautiful and emotional artistry.

[Maraya1969]

7. Yes she is. I'm pretty sure she is doing it on glass.

[avaistheone1]

8. Amazing.

Just brilliant.

[midnight]

6. The young women in the audience seem to be strongly impacted .

They must of heard of the stories from previous generations of Ukraine's about this terrible occupation. Thanks for posting this.

[proReality]

9. Thanks for posting this

I apparently missed it the first time and it IS well worth watching.

[asdjrocky]

10. Thanks for posting this again.

I've watched it a dozen times now and I'm still mesmerized. I can't help thinking that these are the effects that real nazis have, even more than half a century later.

[hatrack]

11. Absoutely astonishing . . .

Stunning, and I don't even know all that much about the history of that time and place.

Absolutely amazing.

[MGB67]

12. I missed it first time too.

The full story of the suffering caused by Hitler's "Operation Barbarosa" are sadly little known to most Americans. The Russians lost twenty million dead but none of my teachers in the nineteen fifties mentioned that fact to me. I guess we were busy hating them for something or other..... I never knew why.

This young lady is a great soul.