My class went to a German concentration camo(Buchenwald) this year and this was probably the most inspiring and shocking trip of my life. Of course, most stuff wasn’t new for me, but when you stand at the same spot where Jews stand and we’re tortured or killed by the SS and hearing the story’s that survivors told(we didn’t met survivors, but we heard some of their stories) is something completely different.
That museum is so scarring. The stuff I saw and smelled there is permanently welded into my brain. Some of the pictures of what they did to people are like a fishhook through an open eye.
The shoe room and the pictures of the lab are some of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen.
Exactly why everyone should be required to go at an impressionable age. I doubt we would have half so many Nazis running around if they’d all been there when they were 13.
Give them a trip to Auschwitz in Poland and they’ll soon believe it existed.
Every young American should be taken to the Holocaust Museum in DC at some point. If that doesn’t profoundly impact you, you need a psych eval.
My class went to a German concentration camo(Buchenwald) this year and this was probably the most inspiring and shocking trip of my life. Of course, most stuff wasn’t new for me, but when you stand at the same spot where Jews stand and we’re tortured or killed by the SS and hearing the story’s that survivors told(we didn’t met survivors, but we heard some of their stories) is something completely different.
My town (actually a city) has its own Holocaust museum. I remember going there when I was in school.
Growing up Jewish (I’m agnostic now), this was a pretty impactful and serious day when we went there.
I know I’ve seen and spoken to survivors too, they have some powerful stories.
That museum is so scarring. The stuff I saw and smelled there is permanently welded into my brain. Some of the pictures of what they did to people are like a fishhook through an open eye.
The shoe room and the pictures of the lab are some of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen.
Exactly why everyone should be required to go at an impressionable age. I doubt we would have half so many Nazis running around if they’d all been there when they were 13.
Are you proposing a field trip, a new holocaust, or both?
I have a friend who actually went on a class field trip to Auschwitz
What do you actually think? 🤔 Field trip.
Both it is!