Reflection Of A Visit To The Holocaust Museum

The Holocaust was a tragic event between 1933-1945 that eliminated millions of Jews and individuals who did not fit in Hitler’s perception of a perfect race. These victims were forced out of their homes, jobs, and schools just to be place in a concentration camps where they worked, were tortured, and annihilated. These harsh acts were under the supervision of, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazis. Due to these events, the Holocaust was marked as one of the most devastating events in history. I visited the Holocaust Museum with a friend November 7, 2015. The first thing I noticed was the buildings outside structure which consisted of tall black cylinder-shaped pillars located in the center. The second thing I noticed while walking inside the Museum was the black walls. I guess they used the …show more content…
The picture illustrated two Nazi scientist experimenting on innocent Jewish twins between all ages. The scientist experiment on twins in the camps to show their similarities and differences. The scientist set the twins by age and sex and were kept in barracks in and out of the experiments. The experiments consisted of injections of distinctive dyes in their eyes to see if it would alter their natural color and sewing two twins together in an attempt to create conjoined twins. After seeing this, I, being I biochemistry major, question whether science is that important to treat human beings that God created like lab rats to discover what may or may not happened.
My overall experience at the Holocaust Museum was extremely rewarding. Though more than 80% of the things I saw made me sad, angry, and hurt it taught me to be grateful and to respect all humans because we are all equal in Gods eyes. Ultimately, if more people are knowledge over devastating events like the Holocaust I feel that the world will make a stronger effort to not allow this type of event to occur