Ella May Post #5

Studying the holocaust has been the most emotional unit I have ever studied. Reading Night was one thing but after watching the two movies and walking through the museum myself I learned so much I didn't know about the holocaust. For me watching Life is Beautiful was a lot more emotional for me because instead of creating my own picture in my head I could actually see what the camps looked like and the clothing and food they ate. After learning about the holocaust I have learned about our history and how terribly people just like us were treated, and the misery they went through whether it was struggling to stay alive or watching somebody close to them die. As we started this unit I was positive I knew almost everything there was to know about the holocaust but after the first day I learned so much more. I learned that kids were killed because they were unable to work everyday because they were too week and that all of the six million Jews killed were killed in only six years. There has never been a larger mass murder in the history of this planet!