The Holocaust Museum

I recently visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. This museum is probably the most memorable of the ones I visited. We have all learned about this gruesome genocide. The museum really brings the history to life and makes it seem more real and more recent. When reading in history books we think of this time as a long time ago but it really wasn’t. At the museum there are all kinds of artifacts from the time and things that were used during this time. They had plenty of pictures of course and they were very hard to look at. When you think these are all real people. The soldiers, the prisoners, the children. They were real. Near the end of the museum there is a room that is filled with shoes from the Jews and other minorities who were discriminated against. The shoes make the people real and it really make you think and wonder how could anyone do this to another person and justify their actions. This genocide shows conformity and how easily humans can be manipulated. This museum really humbled me in showing me to be grateful for the freedoms I have.