This piece was created by Hagar. Although she lost friends who were more like family, Hagar was not at her Kibbutz on October 7, which brings her own survivor guilt.
The work depicts the beautiful sign at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri, as well as the logo for the regional council. In addition to the date and time the attacks occurred, it includes the name of all the people from Kibbutz Be’eri who were killed on October 7 or taken as hostages. The names in yellow are hostages that are known to have been killed, and the ones in red are those who are still alive (although one of those names is Carmel Gat, who was among the six hostages recently murdered along with Hersh Goldberg-Polin).
At the Kaufman Specialty Art Show, Hagar pointed out the different people and their relationship to her and to the other Be’eri campers. Not only did she commemorate everyone lost or taken hostage, several of the other Be’eri campers used her piece to share stories:
“This is my uncle; he helped save so many others that day.”
“These two were like my brothers.”
“He was a great soccer player.”
…and so much more.
The amount of loss on the poster is staggering, yet it served as a storyboard for Hagar and others to honor those murdered and those known to be hostages.
