Going Home- Sunday, March 3, 2013

So, the Holocaust Museum, was a slightly less intense experience than I expected, but that's for the better. We did not go to the main exhibition, which Mr. L. admitted was more appropriate for high school students. We went through the exhibit called, "Daniel's Story." It tells the story of one young Jewish boy through hands on exhibits. The exhibit actually seems targeted even younger students then we have, but that's OK. You start in Daniel's home and see the various rooms where they lived, then see the remains of Kristalnacht, and see where the family lives in the ghetto, then finally the family is moved to a concentration camp (which is summed up briefly in one room). Through out, you are invited to open the suitcases of the family, lift windows to see before and after pictures, and such. Our 67 students moved through in a long, but attentive line, with other school groups before and after.

That exhibit didn't take long. Mr. L. wanted to show the students a large exhibit on propaganda, but it has been removed. Instead, we went to an exhibit on modern day genocide around the world, but it also has been changed and is apparently quite a bit shorter than it used to be. Mr. G. said it best when he suggested that he had no objections to getting on the road. Eventually, that's what happened. We waited for a while but ended up leaving early.