Close Every Door
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I.M. Spadecaller

Close Every Door
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Close Every Door
"Close Every Door" is a song from the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice. In the musical, Joseph is jailed unjustly for a crime he did not commit, however, the song contains references to the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. Lyrics such as "Just give me a number/Instead of my name ... Destroy me completely/Then throw me away" depict the well-documented Nazi practices of tattooing numbers on imprisoned Jews and working them to death or gassing them in concentration camps, then burning the bodies or burying them in mass graves. The lyrics have even been incorporated into the Seder services by several Jewish congregations throughout the world. This Spadecaller image is featured in his music video about the children of the holocaust and it was created as a memorial to those who perished and to those who survive.
Orsillo
Orsillo ::
August 04, 2010
Thought provoking, excellent image.

spadecaller
spadecaller ::
August 04, 2010
Thanks Bob.

MelBree
MelBree ::
August 04, 2010
Beautiful beyond reason...

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