Blog Post #5- Camille Butler

My experience studying the Holocaust over the last few weeks has definitely made a huge impact on me. I knew what the Holocaust was before this unit, and I knew that it was a horrible thing, but I didn’t truly know the full depth of it. I have learned so much about the true horrors of the Holocaust, and I have learned about what humans are really capable of. Visiting the Holocaust museum helped the fact that all this information I was reading about is true sink in. Although it was very depressing and horrific to learn about, Im so glad that I have. All kids should learn in depth about the Holocaust to ensure we don’t repeat history. In Night there was an ongoing theme of hope. This theme was also shown in all of the other stories we read and films we watched. I think this was a common theme because in all honesty, all the people had left when they were exiled to concentration camps, enslaved, and stripped of everything they had, was hope. Without hope, we lose our will to live, and without a will to live, there’s no point in life. The fact that this actually happened still blows my mind. I don’t think I can ever fully understand the true horror of it, I think the only people who ever will are those who lived through it.