Saturday, November 25, 2006 ; 12:29 PMY
& I knew our love will last x3
We're moving on to a more sensitive topic in History, WWII & the holocaust.
On Thursday, Breen and Ms. Hassles showed us some graphic and gory slideshow from the holocaust. I was both sick to my stomach and angry at Hitler. I think I turned all green because Hassles came over to my desk to ask if I was alright. There was this one photograph that i will
never forget:
A REAL stuffed head of a man.And yesterday, we had a holocaust survivor, Dr. Eva Olsson, come over to our school. She told us of her experience which really got into me. Dr. Olsson was separated from her mother and sister the moment she stepped down her train in Auschwitz, Germany.
She never had the chance to say goodbye to her mother. That hit me that it could've happened to me, and I started crying.
Dr. Olsson explained that she was tortured and starved to death at the Concentration Camp because of her religion. She was forced to work, and they served her
human soup everyday. That too, was a small portion. Each day, she smelled
human flesh burning from the chimney, where at least 200 people were burned into, each day.
She adviced us that we have a lot more in common, than we are different. Her speech was powerful.
I got a chance to briefly see her after her presentation. I said to her,"You've changed my view of the world." I thanked her and gave that lady a hug
....NOBODY deserves to be ill-treated because of who they are.
Ironically, these things still happen in places such as North Korea and parts of Africa....
When will humanity learn from their mistakes?
