Assignment: The Students have been asked to craft a blog post that demonstrates their knowledge and understanding with regard to the importance of remembering the Holocaust.
In my grade 6 class, we all have been doing research on the holocaust and now we are using our research and making a blog post.
The Holocaust was a horrible mass murder that needs to be remembered. In 1945, allied troops invaded the detention camps and found piles of bodies, bones, and human ashes. Soldiers also discovered thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish survivors who were starving and sick. The idea of restoring their lives was overwhelming for survivors. Because of the antisemitism that continued in areas of Europe and the trauma they had experienced, many Jewish survivors were afraid to return to their previous homes after liberation. Some of them who came home were afraid for their lives. It must have been very hard for them to recover.
Many of the people I researched have faced major hardships throughout their life after and during the holocaust. One of the people from the holocaust I read about was Berthold Mewes. Berthold was an only child when all this happened. It was probably very traumatic for him to grow up like this but his faith in Jehovah and the teachings of the Bible helped him overcome his loneliness and uncertainty. He teaches us that even when there is almost no hope you hold on to whatever is left because it’s all you have during these tragic hardships. Each person has a story to tell and a lesson for us to learn.
I think one thing that was interesting was when I found this quote:
“I was 18, but I was, in fact, only 13 because those years were nothing. Those were erased from my life.”
—Madeline Deutsch
For her it was like the time has just passed but she hadn’t matured or anything she still felt 13.
She was pretty much just a “13-year-old trapped in an 18-year-old body”
—Madeline Deutsch
For more information on Madeline Deutsch, see the link below: Madeline Deutsch describes her postwar experiences
By now you should understand that the holocaust is something to be remembered in order for it to never, ever happen again.