I
The red-shirted child screams
while in the darkness
of the photograph.
I cannot hear her. 

II
We do not see their faces
in the sanctioned photographs.
They do not want us to see
ourselves.

III
The memory of my grandmother
pointing out the photograph
of her brother-in-law
in his Nazi uniform. She said
he was required to join.

IV
The flames devoured the paper
on which the photographs
were printed. 
Thank god for the negatives.