Yes it is necessary. Because seeing is believing. Just imagine if you were there, and saw that. Or you were one of "them". My father helped liberate Dachau, and he was never the same since. It was/is horrible. In these types of articles it is very necessary to provide photos to show the true horror that words cannot describe. I know it's sickening, but that's what it was, and words alone cannot portray the pure horror of the Holocaust. Have you ever been to the Holocaust Museum? If not, this is the best you'll get to understand. I have been, and the words my father told me while I was growing up did not register as much as seeing the images had when we went together and told me the stories again. He witnessed it, he experienced it. The images help convey this horrible time in history than any words could not describe. "A picture is worth a thousand words". So true, isn't it? Yes it is sickening. That's the point. Sorry about how you it made you feel, as I understand. There are some things I don't want to know, or especially to see. But, reality is real. Ugh. (