Holocaust Speaker

Listening to the speaker during Wednesday's class was very intriguing. I was fascinated with his story since it was so different from that of other survivors I have heard speak. It was really interesting to see him tell his story in such a light hearted manor. I think if it were me, I would be glad of course that I survived, but I don't know that I would ever be able to overlook how my childhood was taken away from me like that. This might seem strange, but I think the thing that got me the most is how he managed to still have his possessions. I mean he had baby pictures of himself, and even a few of his parents... This is crazy to me because my grandparents are the same age as him and they don't keep any of their pictures... They have ben married for over 50 years and have no photographic evidence of the years they've been together, yet this guy survived hitler and the holocaust and he has pictures marking his time before he was taken from his home!

Response to class 2/8/10

I can't say that I am shocked that Americans look over the Armenian Genocide, but I definitely do not think it is right. Every year, there becomes more and more history to cover in schools and it becomes difficult for a teacher to cover everything in one school year. I understand this but can we split it up into more than one year? or have it taught in other classes? There has to be something. Overlooking genocides is not a good idea because if we don't teach the awfulness of it, than we can't expect it to ever stop...

January, 26th, 2010

Genocide sickens me. I know that is probably a cliche thing to say, and possibly even redundant, but it is true. I can't get over the fact that people can hate each other and oppress each other in such way that they do. I understand that we are all different. We speak different languages than each other, have different views and opinions when it comes to religion, politics and other controversial things. What right does that give us all to hate on each other so much? Is it so impossible for people to just understand each other's differences and accept them?

I think these feelings are going to be hard for me to overcome throughout this course. I am really interested in hearing what tomorrow's speaker about the Arminian Genocide has to share with us. I know this course is going to teach me a lot. I hope that maybe we can all learn how to possibly change things, or at the very least, make people more aware that Genocide has not stopped since the Holocaust.