The Los Angeles Museum Of The Holocaust (LAMOTH)

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, (LAMOTH), is a two-fold mission that has publicly received its expatiators free of charge, welcoming the community since 1961 by a group of Survivors who found one another,shared their experiences and contributed their artifacts for public display. Its commemoration and artifacts displays the Jewish culture above all, to commemorate the history of its people and their journey through their suffering and rise to today. The museum focuses on honoring those survivors, enlightening their triumph past adversities that the Jewish community endured and survived during their most anguish times. LAMOTH memorializes those who suffered, but overcame the degrading and decaying of their population. Artifacts that …show more content…
Initially, the toll free entrance to the museum was a refreshing and thoughtful characteristic that not many museums offer, grasping the substance of the Jewish community. It was then when I realized that their primary concern is to genuinely educate and instill their vision to the public. The founding of the survivors truly enlightens the honest history of the Holocaust without degrading other aspects such as Hitler’s beliefs and regime. Although Adolf Hitler is one of the key elements to the Holocaust, the museum, in a respectful way, embrace unity in the Jewish community, rather than …show more content…
The mentally ill were experiment to the mad scientist who discarded as many individuals as they pleased. The grotesque and gruesome selection process performed by Josef Mengele gained him the nickname of “angel of Death” by the survivors of Auschwitz. The concentration camps were his selection group where he was free to choose as many as he needed. His fascination for twins. An addition, LAMOTH holds Anne Frank’s timeline, depicting her life in hiding from 1942-1944. Her diary entries, along with the imagery provided, reveal life as she knew inside that room, where she describes living conditions, personal thoughts and fears she came to know. It was with raw emotions that her writing that she achieved the attention of the world. The tragic of the holocaust also highlights the heroism of those who tried to save those who were in hiding such as a Anne Frank. I was pleased to have visited a museum rich in culture that is embraced by a city of diverse cultures. Although it was free of charge, I felt the need to contribute to a museum who has selflessly given back to its community. The footage of this dreadful event enriched my newfound understanding of the Holocaust, appreciating the strength of the survivors who believe in forgiving, but never forgetting. It was their vision for the future that has reunited cultures and generation in one