Essay On Holocaust Memorial Museum
Living It Again
To educate millions of people about the dangers of hatred and the importance of preventing genocide, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was founded in Washington D.C. in1993. It is ironic how the museum is located among monuments and museums that symbolize freedom on the National Mall. The “Holocaust which occurred elsewhere but which is of universal significance” (Ruffins) was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews in Europe. The mission of the museum is “is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered; and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual questions raised by the events of the Holocaust” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The memory of the Holocaust is a mix of sad emotions and the way the main exhibition is presented to the visitors makes them feel like they were one of the victims. The architect James Ingo …show more content…
The light was poor and we needed to follow one path. There is no turn around. I could spend 5 minutes or 5 hours during the tour but like everyone else, I had no choice, I had to follow others and we only had one direction to go. This was another metaphor of the Holocaust. The first exhibition was with images of concentrations camps and of the mass murder that happened. It also showed videos of the Nazi Party and how their used the tools of a totalitarian state to persuade people to believe in their reasons to allow the persecution of others. Through the propaganda, terror, violence, and state-sponsored racism Adolf Hitler’s appointment as chancellor of Germany, “transformed the country’s Jews from citizens to outcasts and mobilized the entire nation against groups deemed to be ‘enemies of the state.’ It resulted in a refugee crisis that left hundreds of thousands of Jews and others without safe haven” (United States Holocaust Memorial
To educate millions of people about the dangers of hatred and the importance of preventing genocide, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was founded in Washington D.C. in1993. It is ironic how the museum is located among monuments and museums that symbolize freedom on the National Mall. The “Holocaust which occurred elsewhere but which is of universal significance” (Ruffins) was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews in Europe. The mission of the museum is “is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered; and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual questions raised by the events of the Holocaust” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The memory of the Holocaust is a mix of sad emotions and the way the main exhibition is presented to the visitors makes them feel like they were one of the victims. The architect James Ingo …show more content…
The light was poor and we needed to follow one path. There is no turn around. I could spend 5 minutes or 5 hours during the tour but like everyone else, I had no choice, I had to follow others and we only had one direction to go. This was another metaphor of the Holocaust. The first exhibition was with images of concentrations camps and of the mass murder that happened. It also showed videos of the Nazi Party and how their used the tools of a totalitarian state to persuade people to believe in their reasons to allow the persecution of others. Through the propaganda, terror, violence, and state-sponsored racism Adolf Hitler’s appointment as chancellor of Germany, “transformed the country’s Jews from citizens to outcasts and mobilized the entire nation against groups deemed to be ‘enemies of the state.’ It resulted in a refugee crisis that left hundreds of thousands of Jews and others without safe haven” (United States Holocaust Memorial