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Abby Date
June 05, 2006 09:26 AM |
I have read Elie Wiesel book Night and am shocked at the horrors described in that book and in eighth grade I took a field trip to Washington D.C. with my eighth grade class and we visited the Holocaust Museum and I remember looking into the eyes of my fellow eighth graders and in thier eyes was a sadness I have never seen the likeness since. We were so young, but we were impacted by what we saw and heard there. It was like we were in another world a world were everyone cares about everyone else, a world where everyone is equal where every race, culture, religion is equal there was no prejudices, no hatred toward mankind. i also remember my friend (when we got to the end and we were light candles for the people in those inhumane concentration camps) starting to cry she explained that her grandparents were german jews and that her grandparents were in a concentration camp. They were killed there. I will never forget that day and I will never forget what Elie Wiesel's book and what the Holocaust Museum had taught me. They taught me that the world can be a horrible place. Ever since then I have been passionate about learning all about the Holocaust because in the not so distant future they will all be gone. All the survivors will be gone, but even if thery are gone their story lives on in the museum and in the hearts and minds of everyone who passes though that museum and who talks to the suvivors and whoever listens in their history class. I am shocked that something like this ever happened and i wish it never happened but now and foever one of my never ending jobs and for all of my generation and all the generations after me is to make sure that something like this never happens again. We have to make sure no more innocent people die from one mans hunger for power. I know how painful it must be for the survivors to recall the atrocities that happened durring the Holocaust, but if they can they need to remember it all becouse their can't be a generation in this world that will think that the Holocaust never happened. It did happen and it is essential for future generations to know that so they can help in the struggle to keep it the only Holocaust because with all of the new technology I'm sure that a modern Holocaust would be disasterously worse and we can't let that happen. |
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Kristi Date
May 25, 2006 05:54 PM |
I was in the middle of watching Elie Wiesel on Oprah. Immediatly my heart filled with a thousand different emotions. I remember when I was in 7th grade and a holocaust survivor came and spoke to my school. I remember being so young but still impacted by such things I had never imagined could EVER happen. I know I have personally been affected by every personal story, article, book, television program anything over such a devistating event. My heart breaks to know such events of genicide are still happening. However hearing about Holocaust survivors worries about their stories not being told in later generations, should feel some comfort in knowing WE WILL NOT FORGET! Those young lives which YOU have touched will personally pass stories on and the passion which you represent for life, love, freedom, joy will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! With all my love my heart can give I thank you for sharing your hardships with millions over the world!! |
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Amber Date
April 24, 2006 07:53 PM |
I was just at the holocaust museum about a week ago in washington D.C. and I spent the whole day there walking through the whole thing, looking at all the pictures, reading all the signs, an watching all the viedos. Then I came to the room that had all the shoes in it an I saw all the hair that had been cut an I started to cry, I had never been so over whelmed by such powerful emotions. I also saw the memorial "Daniel's story, remeber the children." so sad, so powerful. . . I know I am never gonna forget the things I saw an the things I learned. For the people who really were there an went through all of it an saw loved ones die an you were left behind to live an you don't know why, you are very brave an have alot of courage! An for those who are trying to say that this never happened are insane, the evidence is inevatable. I will NEVER forget!! |
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Vickie Date
April 23, 2006 05:57 PM |
I did not attend the Tribute, but spent a week at the Holocaust Museum in 2004 as a part of a teacher group from North Carolina. It was at that time that the Holocaust became a passion. My son has since asked me why studying the Holocaust is so important to me. My response to him is that within twenty or so years, they'll all be gone. Who will tell their story? My wish is for those survivors who read my posting to know that teaching about the atrocities of the Holocaust is alive and well with many teachers in North Carolina. Your experiences are safe with us as we will continue to work diligently to educate our students through your personal stories and experiences about the horrors of what you experienced and how they must be active and reactive to modern day atrocities in our world. |
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Erzsebeth Date
April 12, 2006 01:10 PM |
i was a survivor of the Holocaust, i fint it hard and painful to believe that people deny the Holocaust ever happening, it makes me angry and sad to remember everything. |
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kay Date
March 27, 2006 09:52 PM |
HOW COULD THEY DO SUCH A THING |
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Julia Date
February 05, 2006 09:07 PM |
I am fifteen years old and I went on a fieldtrip to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC a week ago. When I was in the room with all the shoes and the picture of how much hair was collected, that was when I realized that so many people had died under the order of one powerthirsty man. I learned in my class that Hitler himself had Jewish relationships. No matter what, people she not be killed because of their race/religion. God put us in the world to love each other. This is exactly the opposite and hurts me deep inside and makes me sick to hear of such ridiculous killing. I have also read "Night" by Elie Weisel. That is the most amazing book I've ever read. At the end, I could not help but cry. I am not Jewish and none of my family was ever in the Holocaust. In fact I am asian, but non the less, I feel the pain that the Jewish and many others went through. Through "Night" I felt as if I was experiencing through it too. I agree that ignorance is the greatest enemy so my kids will know about this even and it will be passed down to our future generations. I can't even imagine animals being treated the ways the people did in the concentration camps. I had only 2 hours in the museum and I wanted so much more time! I would spend an entire day there if I could just to learn more. Until now the art and the pictures displayed in the museum still remain in my head. Also, when I was at the Museum, I saw a mother telling her daughter about the different ways that Hitler instructed for Nazis to determine who was Jewish, they had to actually compare the eyes and the size of the head. From that, it comforted me because I know that the history will be passed down to our future! This museum is our link and warning to prevent future occurences and to have history preserved forever. Thanks for the inspiration and knowledge! I am so glad I visited! |
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Mordechai Miller Date
December 20, 2005 09:02 PM |
I'm a holocaust survivor and when I hear people say it never happened I find that hard to believe. The Nazis were very careful with their records and documented everything. I remember the years I hid with my family and was lucky to survive. Although I live in a free country I'm never really free as the dreams I have at night are always there to remind me of that terrible time. |
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Marlana Johnson Date
December 19, 2005 07:15 AM |
I am currently a Holocaust student, and I have been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C many a time and it still never ceases to amaze me that something like this actually happened. This subject interests me a lot and I think that this is one of the most horrible things to have happened in the world. My heart goes out to all those that survived and to those who lost loved ones because of the Holocaust. |
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James Duszynski Date
October 14, 2005 09:14 AM |
My father served during the war and was part of the liberating forces. When I was a young boy he told me of the camp that they had helped to liberate.
I never forgot those stories and when I got the chance to see the Holocaust Museum I went. It actually moved me to tears to see what kind of monsters these people were that ran the camps.
For me, every day will be a day of rememberance.
It is in my prayers that something like that will never happen again. |
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