On February 8, I attended Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s lecture, My Holocaust Story. She spoke of her and her family’s struggle to survive Nazi Germany. They were sent to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. While in the camp, Marion created the “four perfect pebbles: game, which involved searching for four pebbles of similar size and shape. If she found four pebbles, her family would pull through. Her family did make it through to liberation, however her father died soon after. With the surviving members of her family, Marion came to America and started her fourth grade education at the age of thirteen. Five years later, she graduated high school at the top of her class.
I chose this event because even though I have heard a Holocaust survivor speak before, I wanted to hear Marion Lazan’s story. This took me out of my cultural bubble because I am not part of the generation who was directly impacted by World War II and the Holocaust. It’s an honor to be a member of the last generation to hear the stories from those who were a part of the history of World War II.
The lecture crowd filled most of the Great Hall in the Memorial Union. As this was a lecture put on by Iowa State, the majority of the crowd were students. However, there was also a numerous amount of elderly women. I think this is because many of …show more content…
Marion said, “We have to have love, tolerance, and respect towards one another, regardless of color of skin, religion, or national origin, to prevent this from happening again.” In today’s society, this is an important concept, not just for future educators, but for everyone, to remember. Another quote that resonated with me was, “Never generalize an entire group because of the actions of a few within that group.” I thought this connected to the United States today, as people are blaming all of a certain group for the actions of a
I chose this event because even though I have heard a Holocaust survivor speak before, I wanted to hear Marion Lazan’s story. This took me out of my cultural bubble because I am not part of the generation who was directly impacted by World War II and the Holocaust. It’s an honor to be a member of the last generation to hear the stories from those who were a part of the history of World War II.
The lecture crowd filled most of the Great Hall in the Memorial Union. As this was a lecture put on by Iowa State, the majority of the crowd were students. However, there was also a numerous amount of elderly women. I think this is because many of …show more content…
Marion said, “We have to have love, tolerance, and respect towards one another, regardless of color of skin, religion, or national origin, to prevent this from happening again.” In today’s society, this is an important concept, not just for future educators, but for everyone, to remember. Another quote that resonated with me was, “Never generalize an entire group because of the actions of a few within that group.” I thought this connected to the United States today, as people are blaming all of a certain group for the actions of a