Holocaust Aow Impressions 2/12/16

     From today's gallery walk on Holocaust Aow's, I learned a lot of new things that are currently happening involving the Holocuast. Before, I didn't really know about current events about the Holocaust, let alone know that there was currently events on the Holocuast. There was a few articles that I saw repeatedly.

     One article that came up quite a few times was an article about a Jewish Holocaust survivor that wants to help Syrian refugees. It's called "Holocaust survivors demand Israel help refugees" by CNN, published on September 10. This survivor named Avital, born in Romania; thinks we should help with the Syrian refugee crisis because she relates to them. The reason that she can relate because she remembers "being forced form her home by Nazi soldiers and spending years hiding, afraid for her life." as a little girl. This is the reason that she puts herself in their shoes or positions.

     Another article that was quite interesting was about a Jewish survivor/speaker that talks to a school of the importance of being an upstander. This article is called "Holocaust speaker tells students to not repeat history" by nwi.com, updated on February 11, 2016. Tibor Kopfer talks about his experience as a Holocaust survivor and how many of his family members died. He tells his parents' story because he doesn't want anyone to forget, and doesn't want anyone to repeat the tragedy of the Holocaust.
     He says that there still are genocides such as in Syria and Darfur. He teaches the students by saying some memorable words. He says these two things: "The Hoocayst did not begin with gas chambers. It began with words." and "Silence never helps a victim.".