world. Even though the Holocaust is an event of the past that is very sensitive and tragic it

should be studied because it is an example of dehumanization, hatred, prejudice,

brutilization, and how not to treat people, how not to judge people, and how not to hate

people. People often say that history repeats itself. If we don't study events in history like

the Holocaust then how can know what may happen in the future, or how will we know

how to prevent it from happening again? It is also important for not only Jews, but

Gentiles as well, to study the Holocaust so that they will know and realize what kind of a

struggle and circumstances our ancestors and forefathers had to go through to make our

lives and futures better than theirs had to be.

My knowledge of the Holocaust before studying it was very small. All I knew

about the Holocaust was that, it was an event in history where Jewish people were killed

by a man named Adolf Hitler. I didn't know how cruel and merciless he was. I didn't

know that Jews were considered less than human, and I didn't even know when or where

By visiting the Holocaust museum in Detroit, MI I learned several di

reason, I always have a pair of shoes to wear on my feet, I have never had watch another

I have a lot more knowledge now about the Holocaust than I did in the past. I

see some of terrible things that were done to Jewish people during the Holocaust. I felt so

sometimes take a lot of things for granted. I have never had to go longer than a couple of

would probably hurt my own feelings also. This knowledge will help me to think about the

reason at all just made me feel so sorry for them. They told me about how they would go

"2 million Jews killed in Germany" or something to that nature. That article showed me

mean or hurtful things I am doing or about to do. Whether it is a persons skin color, their

was about and I hadn't even heard of it before. By watching the movie I got to actually

think I can use this knowledge in the future to help me make good decisions. I know that I

experiences. One of which was a male and the other was a female. Speaking with these

saving the Jews and others thought that he was a hero. I think he wanted to do a little bit

people is what I think had the biggest impact on me. Just the fact that they are actually

word Holocaust. Before I didn't know that this word was actually in the dictionary with a

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