During the Holocaust Unit, I was given a new perspective on the events that took place during WWII. I never really comprehended how horrific the Holocaust was. I knew the terrible things that happened during the Holocaust, but while studying the events I was given different personal experiences that really got to me.
Reading Night was definitely the most impactful. Elie Wiesel did such an amazing job writing a novel about his experiences and sharing with the world his struggles. I don’t think I would have ever really been able to acknowledge what all of the targeted people lost, if not for the book. Also, when we watched Life is Beautiful, it showed me that the victims of the Holocaust were regular people before the Holocaust changed them. They lived normal lives, created families, and had jobs. The Holocaust took all of that away from them, and tore them down until they were nothing.
Another thing that really shocked me was visiting the Holocaust Museum. While walking around I was taking in all this information, but what really made me stop and look were the hundreds of shoes piles up behind glass. Seeing the shoes really brought to my attention the people that died. As I looked at the shoes I realized that actual human beings wore those shoes, they lived and worked in those shoes.
After these experiences, I really look at humanity differently. I can’t believe that people would do that to other human beings. I now know that it is up to me and my generation to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, so that we can prevent anything like that from happening again. We also need to stop the terrors that are currently happening now. People need to understand that we are all people, no matter what we look like or what we believe in.
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