One of the most precious and beautiful things is this world are children. They are funny, innocent, witty, vulnerable, and the future. In life there are actions of people and societies who do not value life, and when these moments appear they are the ugliest moments of mankind. One such moment was World War 2. Where a man and a country killed over six million people for no other reason accept that they were Jews. Out of those six million killed 1.5 million were children. This is a horrible thought, why the children? As a result of this, a man by the name of Moshe Safdie designed the Children’s memorial at Yad Hashem in Israel. It is a very special place that will leave anyone that has a heart in tears. Safdie built an underground structure. The entrance is formed by natural rocks. In the memorial there are five lights that are reflected all over the room. The room is octagonal in shape and has mirrors and reflective glass panels on the walls, floors, and ceilings. This enables the five lights to reflect into what seems to be millions of lights just like the stars. There is one more thing that this memorial has when you are walking through in silence you hear the names and places of birth of these children. To me this place has gripped my heart. The cave is a tomb, a tomb of 1.5 million Jewish Children, who lost their life because they were a Jew. The lights represent the stars in the Heavens’ and each one of these children; it is fitting and sobering to see them. As you walk through in shock void of any thought you hear the name that goes with the lights. This memorial is to honor their lives, and speaks to the hate that is contained in the heart and its purpose to help people remember what has taken place so it will never happen again. One of the most dishearten things about Yad Vashem is that the horror, and the hate and the suffering that made Yad VaShem a reality is in vain. How do you ask? When societies do not value life, and when they have forgotten the wounds of the past. They are doomed to repeat them.I encourage you to watch.2010-07-03
The light, Blog post 2
One of the most precious and beautiful things is this world are children. They are funny, innocent, witty, vulnerable, and the future. In life there are actions of people and societies who do not value life, and when these moments appear they are the ugliest moments of mankind. One such moment was World War 2. Where a man and a country killed over six million people for no other reason accept that they were Jews. Out of those six million killed 1.5 million were children. This is a horrible thought, why the children? As a result of this, a man by the name of Moshe Safdie designed the Children’s memorial at Yad Hashem in Israel. It is a very special place that will leave anyone that has a heart in tears. Safdie built an underground structure. The entrance is formed by natural rocks. In the memorial there are five lights that are reflected all over the room. The room is octagonal in shape and has mirrors and reflective glass panels on the walls, floors, and ceilings. This enables the five lights to reflect into what seems to be millions of lights just like the stars. There is one more thing that this memorial has when you are walking through in silence you hear the names and places of birth of these children. To me this place has gripped my heart. The cave is a tomb, a tomb of 1.5 million Jewish Children, who lost their life because they were a Jew. The lights represent the stars in the Heavens’ and each one of these children; it is fitting and sobering to see them. As you walk through in shock void of any thought you hear the name that goes with the lights. This memorial is to honor their lives, and speaks to the hate that is contained in the heart and its purpose to help people remember what has taken place so it will never happen again. One of the most dishearten things about Yad Vashem is that the horror, and the hate and the suffering that made Yad VaShem a reality is in vain. How do you ask? When societies do not value life, and when they have forgotten the wounds of the past. They are doomed to repeat them.I encourage you to watch.
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When you become a mass murderer you have to deny your humanity. A sane human being could never have committed such immoral acts. People always grown about having to take history classes. I think you just shook them awake and told them why it is not only a good thing to do, but a moral obligation to learn from the past. Well done!
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