Jan 18, 2013
6-year-old orphan overjoyed at his new shoes, 1946
The story goes that this is a 6-year-old Austrian orphan after the Red Cross gave him some shoes in 1946…
When The Pretenders covered The Kinks for their first single, they used this photo for the cover. The title of the song is an appropriate caption if you want to turn this happy picture didactic…
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Put an iPad in place of the shoes, and “maybe” you have today’s kids, though they may still be complaining that it’s not the best model.
I wonder if you’d find otherwise if you gave an iPad to an orphan who just survived a devastating war that left his or her country in ruins.
Bravo amb…for putting the proper perspective there.
This is a beautiful photograph. This little boy lost everything, yet something as simple as a new pair of shoes brings pure joy to him. Look at that precious face. I hope he had a long and happy life.
May the little things bring us joy!
I just watched the film ‘Oranges and Sunshine’, I hope this kid wasn’t one of those ‘orphans’…. A really hard hitting film of a true story.
Oh, I just read it again (sleepy eyes!) and I see it says Austrian….in which case he has nothing to do with the film! Oops.