Petr Ginz
Petr Ginz was one of the more than 1 million of children who died in Holocaust. Petr was born on february 1, 1928. He was a young Czech with Jewish origin. His father was Ota Ginz and he was Jewish and his mother was Marie Ginzová and she was aria. Petr was mestizo and for this reason he was sent at age of 14 to the concentration camp of Terezin.
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In Terezin, a teacher locked in the camp, Valtr Eisinger, inspired a group of guys to do a magazine. The magazine is called Vedem. The magazine had illustrations and notes different from jokes, cartoons, sports commentary and stories.Petr Ginz was one of the most active collaborators and became editor in chief. Petr Ginz drew the Earth seen from the Moon.
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EARTH SEEN FROM THE MOON
The documentary 'The Last Flight of Petr Ginz', which he tell his tragic history and was exhibited at the ONU as part of events to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. His sister appears in the documentary talking about petr.