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Allison Date
April 18, 2004 05:34 PM |
I remember. |
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Erin Date
April 18, 2004 05:24 PM |
I am doing a project on the holocaust and the book ?The Diary of Anne Frank? for my 8th grade literature class. For this project I was asked to share my thoughts on these subjects. I thought the book ?The Diary of Anne Frank? was very educational and I got a better understanding on how awful the holocaust was. I think it was absolutely horrific that someone could kill another person because of there religion or race. It?s hard to believe that they could just watch as they killed person after person and not feel guilty or ashamed. Before I read this book I didn?t know that Jews had hiding places. I am very thankful that they had places like that to go. Even though it was a very dangerous risk, a lot of non-Jewish people that helped the Jews and I was happy to read that there were some caring and civilized people in Germany. These hiding places saved a lot of lives and even though the Franks secret annex was found at least it saved them time and gave them hope. Everyone who survived the holocaust had to have been extremely brave and courageous. I am grateful that today we do not have to deal with something like the holocaust. I don?t know what I would do. I have great respect for everyone who was discriminated against during the holocaust and I am saddened by the number of people that died. They will never be forgotten. |
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Andrea Date
April 17, 2004 10:52 AM |
Although I did not attend the tribute, I am posting as part of a Literature study based on The Diary of Anne Frank. I have never had much knowledge of the Holocaust, but after reading Anne Frank?s story and being involved with this study, my eyes have truly been opened. Reading about the horrors these people faced has possibly been one of the hardest things I?ve done. When receiving the guidelines for this study and project, I expected to do research, write things down, and, after completing the project, go on with whatever else I had to do. It has been the exact opposite. After answering just a few questions, I realized how this project was changing the way I thought and felt.
The Diary of Anne Frank was the first thing to open my eyes to this horrible time. She described with such detail the fear and worry that she, her family, and her friends had to live in. She was such a brave and powerful person; and it amazes me how she and her family stayed so strong and hopeful. Anne Frank is certainly a person to be remembered for a long time to come.
This project has also played an important role in the way that my outlook on life has been changed. I have learned so much about the horrors that innocent people had to face, and the dictatorship that allowed it and forced it. It is scary to think of how unjust a government could be and how little power its people could have. While reading of gas chambers, death marches, and labor camps, I constantly wondered, ?How? Why?? It was hard to read of the injustices that the Jews, Gypsies, Jehova?s Witnesses, and homosexuals had to face. It was also inspiring to read of the many people who came to the defense of innocent people.
This whole experience has enlightened and changed me in so many ways. I am certainly not the same as I was before I was introduced to this study; and I have been fortunate to gain this knowledge. |
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Pauline Date
April 16, 2004 06:36 PM |
I was at the tribute last year, and I was at the opening of the Museum 10 years earlier. It is an inspiration to see the endurance of the museum and its message. It is also inspiring to read the comments of the survivors who were at the tribute. It is important to collect as many reflections, memories, thoughts, testimonies, and testimonials as possible. |
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Zakiya Pettiford Date
April 16, 2004 02:34 PM |
I just resently did my social studies project on the holocaust. I just want people around the world to know that this was a very horrible event taken out of pure hatred. I feel that those who survived are som of the greatest people alive. They deserve the uttermost respect.
THANK-YOU!! |
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Katie Date
April 15, 2004 07:54 PM |
I was asked to write a poem about the Holocaust for my American History class.
We Will
Never Forget
We will never forget what happened there.
In those camps, the victims cried,
Begged for mercy, were sacrificed.
We will never forget the torture they went through.
From miles away, you could hear the screams,
Smell the bodies, see the flames.
We will never forget the families torn.
Children cried, ?Mommy!? and begged for a hug.
Couples had their last kiss and were dragged away.
We will never forget Germany?s cruelty.
Having men kneel before a massive grave,
soon to join death, not to be saved.
We will never forget Hitler?s sick thoughts.
Gas chambers were ?showers,? people were burned alive
,and victims were made to jump to their deaths.
We will never forget the many lives lost.
?What were they thinking, torturing them??
We will never let that happen again.
By: Katie Williams |
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Matt Date
April 14, 2004 09:26 PM |
I was asked to share my thoughts on the first time I read The Diary of Anne Frank. I have been doing a project on this book in my eighth grade literature class. I did not know much about the Holocaust before I started this project, but now I have learned a lot. I have learned about the horrors that went on in the concentration camps such as people being forced into the gas chambers and how the people did not get anything to eat. It is hard to comprehend that someone could have such hatred for people that they would do such horrible things. One thing that I read about that I thought was really horrible was the death marches. I learned about how they were forced to walk long distances in the cold without any food, water, or rest. The worst part of it was that the people that could not keep up were shot. It is so hard to read about all of the events of the holocaust and think about all of the innocent people that were murdered just because one man did not like them because of their religion or where they come from. I am very glad that we do not have to go through such horrible things now. I do not know how I would have coped with the thought that there were soldiers out to kill family, my friends, and me. The men and women who lived through the holocaust must have been very strong to be able to cope with such things. I think that this project was a great experience for me. Now I have a greater knowledge of what the Jews and others went through. I will never forget the men and women of the holocaust. |
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Caitlin Date
April 13, 2004 10:14 PM |
I have been asked to share my thoughts on the first time I read the book The Diary of Anne Frank for a project my Literature class is doing on the Holocaust. I am in the 8th Grade and have been learning about the Holocaust since I was in probably 3rd grade. Never have I learned more about the horror Jewish people were put through than when I read Anne Frank. My grandfather fought in World War 2 and would never talk about it with me when I was younger because the only stories he could tell me were too graphic for a young child as I was. Unfortunately, he passed away in 1997, and I never got to ask him about these stories as I got older. As I have done more and more research for this project, the more I have become interested in learning about individual people's stories of survival and triumph. I am amazed at the will that the people who survived the Holocaust have, because I know that I would not have made it. You all are incredible people and I wish you only the best. I just recently found out that I am of German descent, and have had people tell me that I was a Nazi, but what people don't is that I am also of Jewish descent, and my family has felt the effects of the Holocaust from both sides. God Bless every single one of you people on this message board. |
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Raychel Date
April 13, 2004 03:31 PM |
i am very intrested in learning more about the holocaust. it is very sad and also very intresting. my great grandparents both died in a concentration camp and that had a huge effect on my grandpa so it is important for me to learn more about the thing that still haunts my grandpa to this day. |
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geoff Date
April 11, 2004 09:30 AM |
Ive been studying the holocaust & ww2 4 nearly 20yrs now but have never been so moved as i was when i first came across the plight of the poor people that suffered at the hands of the nazis my heart goes to victims & familys generations who lost loved ones in those terrible days that besieged the whole world & took so many souls.
PLEASE WORLD NEVER FORGET & ALWAYS REMEMBER FOREVER. |
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