Yad Vashem

Last week the students visited Yad Vashem. This is the Holocaust Museum remembering six million Jews who were killed in Europe in the 1940's. I had seen pictures of the museum and some of the videos of the testimonies of people who survived it. Yet I was not prepared for the impact one has when walking through. The scenes were graphic and horrifying - as they should be. One elderly lady's testimony reported that women were separated into groups of five. They had to completely undress and walk over to the edge of a pit. They were then shot with a single bullet. Not all received a killing bullet, so there were screams and moans from the pit from wounded women. This lady was shot and survived because she fell at the edge of the pit and was able to escaped when the Natzis left. She was seven years old when this occurred. Seven years old! This is sickening - but it has to be told.