Our field-trip to the Museum of Tolerance
Last Friday we traveled to the Museum of Tolerance and learned about the Holocaust. It was a changing experience. After the long bus ride we entered the museum and me tour guide Walter. You could tell that he was very passionate about whet he was talking about. It hurt him to expose us to what happened back then, but he wanted us to know what happened so it would never happen again. We wandered through the exhibits and watched the videos of survivors and descriptions of the horrible events that led up to the Holocaust. We went into a replica of a gas chamber and you could imagine gas coming out of the spigots and smell the toxic fumes. After we went through all of the exhibits we got the opportunity to hear a survivor talk about his escape form his country.
The survivor's name was Rolf, and he described the fear and uncertainty that plagued his town and country. His words were powerful and reached a lot of the audience. Though he did not experience the prison camps of gas chambers, he told us his story of how he barely escaped and was one of the few lucky Jews to get sponsored by an american citizen.
A quote by Elie Wiesel is "When you listen to a witness, you become a witness". This is true because now I know about the Holocaust, and I know how to prevent it from ever happening again. i have had the chance to speak to a Holocaust survivor! Not many people have that opportunity now a days. We all saw how the hate was started, and how easily another Holocaust could happen. That is why it is so important to know how to prevent this from happening.
A gas chamber
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