I have read Elie Wiesel's 'Night', and it is both beautiful and very disturbing. I feel so empty, knowing that nothing was done until it was really too late. I don't think I know anyone who is Jewish, and yet, I feel like these atrocities were committed to my own family.I guess that is what it all boils down to...family! Too any survivor that reads this, I am truly sorry for the evil you endured. Now in 2006 my heart weighs heavy for those who suffered and lost.
NAME
Amber Ducker
DATE
July 31, 2006 08:00 PM
LOCATION
Asheville, NC
RESPONSE
When I was in middle school we learned about the Holocaust. My class read a book called Rena's Promise, a story of two sisters in Auschwitz. Before then I knew nothing of that particular event in the worlds history. With every new bit of information I learned I became more and more determined to learn everything that I could about the Holocaust. Just learning of the horrors that so many people had endured touched me deeply. What touched me even more was the day i had the honor or meeting the author of Rena's Promise , a wonderful woman by the name of Rena Kornreich Gelissen. When i was in High school i visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. I walked through it alone,and cried the entire time. My fellow classmates, dry eyed, came up to me and asked me what was wrong. I said everything. This, the reason that this memorial is here, never should have happend. Many of these young men and women were our age when this happened. Someone should have spoken up and done something.I know there is nothing that I can do to change the past. I cant change the pain or loss that these people have endured, it is not within my power. There is however,one thing that I can do. I can teach my children what I have learned. Many people say that history repeats its self, well not if I have anything to say about it. One person can change the world. All he or she need do is stand up and let their voice cry out into the night. Remember you arent alone. Many Blessings and much love, God Bless.
NAME
Brealyn Hernandez
DATE
June 07, 2006 03:17 PM
LOCATION
Thorndale
RESPONSE
I am going to be a freshmen in high school. In the 8th grade we had a total of 6 weeks to learn and watch vidoes on the holocaust. When i started to learn i couldnt even realize what i would have done if that was me. It left a significance memory in my head. Seeing those vidoes and reading about the events that had happened. I coulndt even imagine what life was like back then. Now usually whent i get on the computer i try to look up stuff on the holocaust and i try to learn more about it. That is one event in history that i will remember always and never forget and i hope that i pass it down to my kids so that the generation of learnin the holocaust will never be forgotten.
NAME
Marena Izzi
DATE
May 12, 2006 11:01 AM
LOCATION
school
RESPONSE
I am in eigth grade and learning about the Holocaust. The horrors and pain of this period in history makes me weep with sadness. I am truly sorry for the survivors of this period. I cannot imagine your painful memories. Thank you so much for fighting for your religion, it really inspired me. This sight helped me better understand the horrords of this past.
NAME
Gabriela
DATE
April 27, 2006 01:34 PM
LOCATION
RESPONSE
I'm a student in 7th grade in Miami Beach, and we are currently doing a project about the Holocaust. As I have searched and studied this year about the Holocaust, I see the significance of studying the Holocaust and remmebering the victims, because they died for their religion. We must remember those who maintained strong and kept their beliefs during these time of hardships. We should always keep their struggles in mind, and what they had to face through, and the torture and brutality, so we will know... to speak out ... to let the world know that we can speak up....That is why we must remember the Holocaust because if we dont speak up for ourselves ... no one else will.... This site is truly superb at demonstrating the hardships that the victims of the Holocaust had to undergo, and even though the event has passed ... we must remember the past, so we can help the future, no more anti-semitism, or hatred, no more... no more... and so we need to remember the actions taken in the past, to better our future.