The Conversation - War through the eyes of Ukrainian kids

Taking readers on a tour of children’s art made made in places ranging from Nazi concentration camps to a besieged Ukraine, University of Dayton human rights fellow Paul Morrow details how the kids who put crayon to paper during wars often express a mix of horror, fear, hope and beauty.

It’s tempting to view these pieces as the product of some universal impulse to create and record. And they’re often leveraged to raise funds, pursue political goals, or arouse international sympathy. But to Morrow, their true value lies in their ability to transport viewers into a different world.

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