While in the museum we where granted access to the permanent exhibit, which some people choose not to visit because it was so powerful. As you enter the first exhibit a wave of astonishment almost brings you to your knees as you get a glimpse at the true brutality of these times.
This exhibit here provides a great example, this is a pile of 4,000 shoes that remain from the fatalities of the holocaust. This isn't only a terrible sight but a terrible smell as well. The concentration camps the produced these shoes would hold up to 715,000 people at a time and more would move in and out everyday. It is estimated that about 11 million people where killed in the holocaust before it ended in 1945. The more staggering fact is that every one of these 11 million people receive some kind of recognition in this museum.
The outside of the museum in D.C.
Bibliography & Pictography
"Holocaust Facts." About.com 20th Century History. http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/holocaustfacts.htm (accessed January 9, 2014).
United States Holocaust Memorial Council. "Permanent Exhibition." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/permanent/shoes (accessed January 12, 2014).
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I really liked your article. I also went to Washington with my eight grade class. The Holocaust museum was one of my favorite places that we visited and I really enjoyed learning there. I remember seeing the shoes in the picture as well. I thought your post was really powerful and the pictures you chose were really nice.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this article very much. i can relate to it because i also visited the museum with my classmates. This is a very good topic choice, the holocaust is always an interesting thing to learn about. the facts that were given in the second paragraph are good ones and explain the exhibit well.
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