Marian Kolodziej was one of the first prisoners to enter Auschwitz; he was given number 432. He survived and never spoke of his experience for 50 years. After a stroke in 1993, he began rehabilitation by doing pen and ink drawings of his experience and the suffering he and others endured in the concentration camp. These drawings are Breughel-like in their skeletal detail and gripping depiction of pain, death, and the horrors of the camps. Each drawing represents a single memory of a young man’s grueling experiences in Auschwitz. And yet, the stories behind a few of the drawings tell of small acts of kindness and dignity. Marian’s story of survival, of persistence, of life before, during, and after Auschwitz are a testament to not only the human spirit but of forgiveness and redemption. Marian’s drawings fill the large basement of a church near Auschwitz and draw visitors into the horrific reality of the holocaust.