Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Blog 3
When I was reading this story the first thing that I thought of was my trip to Germany. Through out my years in school I found learning about the Holocaust and other aspects of why and how it happened to be so interesting. My favorite part about going to germany was being able to go see some of the concentration camps. I was able to read the whole book from which this exert came from and the emotions brought me back to myself standing in one of the actual camps. There is no was of knowing what the concentration camps are truly like until you are on the very grounds of where a genocide took place. This book that this story cam from was actually one of my favorite books i ever read. Not only did I get drawn in by the history aspect of it but I loved the way the author wrote the story. He structured it as his own personal narrative. In the small passage that was in the assigned reading really gave you the feel of what emotions were going through his mind, and was able to pick out important conversations that he had with his father. I am so grateful for the survivors of he holocaust because I think that it is extremely important that the nation is aware of what truly was going on through that dark time period. With out books like these, we wouldn't be able to fully comprehend just how bad it was for these people. Most importantly, these documented events help the nation prevent past history from repeating itself.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Well first off just let me say that “there is no was of knowing?” and I’m glad this story “cam” from one of you favorite books. This story blew my mind. When the author talked about the babies being thrown into the fire pit. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to read about it and then go to one of the sites where it actually happened. I concur with you with about the survivors of the holocaust being an important part of that nation. Like you said things like that it is really important to remember it would be absolutely horrid if something like that were to ever happen again.
ReplyDeleteFirst off I just like to say it really cool you went to Germany. I read this story and it made me really depressed. I just wanted to be able to do something for those people. It made me very angry also that people could even do that to each other. This was a very good written story, and was very shocking to me. The holocaust was a terrible time. And it makes me greatful I never had to go through something like that.
ReplyDeleteAmazing that you went to Germany! I LOVE traveling but Germany has never really been at the top of my list, thanks to you though it just jumped up to the top of my list. You are so right about gaining a greater understanding of what happened when you actually get to stand on those grounds. Anything that brings us closer to what those people really experienced will give us a further understanding. I hope someday I'll be able to go to the camp sites, the emotions there must be really strong.
ReplyDelete