While in the city we took the time to see and appreciate the Memorial in honor of the over six million Jews that were killed during the Holocaust. The kids and I are reading "The Hiding Place" for our school time read-aloud this year which is the story of Corrie ten Boom during the time of the Holocaust, so the children were really able to feel the impact of the horrific crimes that happened to the Jewish people as they walked through this Memorial. It was really hard to walk through, read the quotes, and see the approximate one million numbers on each of the six columns. Each prisoner was given to a number as they entered a concentration camp to keep track of them...a number, not a name, displayed on the tall, glass columns. This was a MUST SEE!! May we NEVER forget the atrocities that were done to the Jewish nation!!
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| The backside of the above granite stone. |
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| Sorry for the orange cones...but this statement had just been freshly painted...I really struggle to comprehend this!! It overwhelms me with sadness!!! |
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| What a great first day in Boston!! |
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