A new version is available.

We've updated our website. Please click the button to download the new version.

Download now

26
Back

Mariupol - Geneva, the incredible rescue of 170 children from Ukraine (News 2023, by Niels Ackermann) - Swiss Press Award

9 août 2022. Les éducatrices et éducateurs qui vont s’occuper des enfants sont sur le point de les accueillir, en début d’après-midi à l’aéroport de Cracovie, en Pologne. Pour nombre de ces jeunes gens, c’est leur première mission humanitaire.
Niels Ackermann
9 août 2022. Les éducatrices et éducateurs qui vont s’occuper des enfants sont sur le point de les accueillir, en début d’après-midi à l’aéroport de Cracovie, en Pologne. Pour nombre de ces jeunes gens, c’est leur première mission humanitaire.
Photo / News
2023

Mariupol - Geneva, the incredible rescue of 170 children from Ukraine

Niels Ackermann

“When war breaks out, you take your child in your arms and run away. What happens to the child you don't reach out to?” Moved by the plight of orphans in Ukrainian cities bombed by Russia, an association was formed to organize the repatriation and reception in Switzerland of 170 children from Mariupol. On August 9, a mission left for Poland to collect 36 of them.

Back

Mariupol - Geneva, the incredible rescue of 170 children from Ukraine

L'Illustré

Photo / News
2023

Niels Ackermann

“When war breaks out, you take your child in your arms and run away. What happens to the child you don't reach out to?” Moved by the plight of orphans in Ukrainian cities bombed by Russia, an association was formed to organize the repatriation and reception in Switzerland of 170 children from Mariupol. On August 9, a mission left for Poland to collect 36 of them.

Author
Niels Ackermann / Swiss Press Award

Niels Ackermann

Photographe, Genève, 1987

Niels has worked as a photojournalist for the Swiss and international press since 2007. Working on Ukraine since 2009, he has published three books dedicated to the country. These include the post-Chernobyl youth (2016), the management of the Soviet legacy (2017), and the war unleashed by Russia (2021). The perpetual quest for nuance is a cardinal point of his work. An idea that the world is too complex to be summed up in binary oppositions between good and evil, between right and wrong, and that it is often better to ask new questions than to provide answers yourself. After focusing on Ukraine for more than 13 years, Niels is now interested in the Swiss political system. In addition to photography, Niels holds a degree in political science from the University of Geneva. He now lives in Geneva, where he co-founded the photography collective Lundi13.

Learn more
Back
Share
To the top