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Today was fun. We headed off to the Museum of Tolerance today:

We walked through one section that explained the holocaust. Its amazing how one man managed to create such havoc. One man, who was just released from prison. Adolf Hitler (for unknown reasons to me) was antisemitic. He convinced the rest of Germany to look down upon the Jews. It was completely inhumane, the things that they did to the Jews. Obviously, its a heavy topic. Its a hard subject to read, listen to, and an even harder one to experience…

Mary Natan (Her Polish name was Maniusia Rybowski.) was a survivor of the holocaust. At one point, she and her family were forced into the ghetto, with many other Jewish families. While there, they faced diseases and starvation. eventually, they were taken to the concentration camps. She was the only survivor of her family, and the youngest survivor of her city–the second largest in Poland. (I’m pretty sure.) It took her 63 years to put her experience down on paper. We had the opportunity of listening to her experiences. She told of the many obstacles she faced to get to America. Her book: Nightmares and Smiles,is an inspirational one. We got it today (as well as got it signed. ) and I’m in the process of reading it. Its great, and really makes you think.

I’m so grateful that Mrs.Natan was at the MOT today. ^^ It really left an impact on me. I’m so happy, it was probably the best thing for the last day of school. She experienced one of the most savage incidents on Earth–and lived to tell her tale. Maybe that was her fate: to bring her account of The Holocaust to America, and to the future generations. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, its that history has the habit of repeating itself. Its definitely good to know about what happened so many years ago. So, if you can’t make it to MOT on a Wednesday (That’s when she speaks about the Holocaust.), then buy her book! I gave you the link to Amazon.

SO. GO. BUY. IT.