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Today we visited the Bavarian Quarter in which they have a "bizarre memorial" in which signs depicting different laws passed by the Nazis hang from the lampposts lining the streets. These laws send the message that the Holocaust was not did not start with "a bang but a whimper". The Holocaust did not just start with the systematic killing of Jews in concentration camps. It started with the passing of laws restricting Jews from their already assimilated lives.

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Each year students in the sixth grade of this elementary school do a project on Jews who died in the Holocaust from the Bavarian Quarter. This project is taken very seriously and has been going on for over 20 years. Some of the stones at the bottom have started to fade and are no longer legible, but an effort to conserve many of them is still made. During the presentation over the summer many people will come, some survivors or families of people who died, to pay tribute to the victims. For some it is the only memorial or grave they have for their loved one. Schools place a lot of responsibility onto the students by having them go to the town hall and looking into the archives of the town to research this person. Students create in an essence an emotional bond to the person by connecting to them be it by house, street, name, or birthday.

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The picture below shows the number of Jews in each country in 1933 compared to 1939. The fact that these numbers were recorded depicts the extent to which proves the Nazi party was proud of this dramatic difference. Seeing these numbers fills me with sorrow knowing that the difference in the numbers shows how many were either deported, relocated, or had to move.

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Today, in out day 3 of being in Berlin Germany, we had the opportunity once again to visit another memorial. This time, we recognized a moment during the Holocaust that is played a large part in the deportation of the Jews. This memorial gives a brief message about Grunewald 17 and the background behind it. Although in this memorial it may look like it is just the wooden tracks, the hidden meaning behind it delivers so much more. Personally, when we first visited this site, this made me finally understand that the railroad systems and its "bureaucrats" as Mr. Barmore had said, are responsible for the carrying out of the Holocaust. Without them operating this form of transportation made the process run quicker and, in their case, more efficient.

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Today we visited the House of the Wannsee Conference, where 15 high-ranking officials of the Reich met on January 20, 1942 to determine the fate of European Jews. This specific picture taken at the museum depicts the Nuremberg Laws, released 7 years prior in 1935. These laws, as seen in the picture, provided a legal basis for the definition of Jews. According to the laws, anyone who descended from three or four Jewish grandparents was classified as "Jewish." On the contrary, anyone who descended from three or four German grandparents was of "German blood." This impacted thousands of German Jews who were assimilated into German society; one moment they were Germans and in the blink of an eye, their nationality was revoked. The Nuremberg Laws provide insight into the rising anti-semitism occurring in Germany post World War I.

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We went to an exhibition where they held the plans to the final solution. This was done by both the Nazi party and the government. When they came together they discussed the ways of getting rid of the Jewish population. They decided to deport the community. They didn't have any place as many countries didn't want to deal with a great deal people. Most of the Jewish population moved into nearby countries like Poland and France. This was later a problem because the German decided to invade these countries anyways. On the wall we the number of Jews represented in each country. One thing that was pointed out was the number 200 from Albania. This showed how much the nazi cared about extermination every single Jew and have a pure aryan race. This is an example of how crazy the nazis were with their ideology.

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Everyone's aware of the railroads and the cattle cars that took the Jews to the camps, but often it's misunderstood and people think it all happened at one time. Surprisingly, however, there were deportations from 1941 up until a little while after gassing was outlawed. It's questionable as to why they were still being deported after they were not allowed to mass exterminate them anymore, but it also shows that life was not easier for the Jews after their camps were exposed, they still struggled. What I personally found most interesting was that for at least the whole month of August in 1942, 100 Jews almost exactly were sent to camps every single day. This went on into other months as well but it was not every consecutive day after a while. There were numbers in the thousands every once in a while, but it was almost a steady pace. This really shows how systematic the whole process was. They did not just send Jews to the camps as they found them. This would mean that they had to choose a specific 100 people to send today, a specific 100 people to send tomorrow, and so on. Mr. Barmar explained how the Jews were seen as a virus to the Germans, this 100 people a day was almost like a set daily dosage to rid Europe of this virus.

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Today, we were able to visit the Wannsee Conference at Villa Malier, Berlin and we saw the conference room where the Final Solution was decided. During the tour of the Villa, this image of Hitler's Youth during a "Roman chariot race". The question of; "What if Hitler was successful on exterminating all the Jews, would Nazi ideaology be passed down the next generation? ". Does image of a young children using humans as animals for a race provokes a idea of humans being treated like animals. This brings me back to the scenario in which Jews were shoved into rail carts that were meant for animals.

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Today we went to a primary school in the Bavarian Quarter, and a group of students gave a presentation on the project that their school does to commemorate the Jews from the area who were deported and killed during the Holocaust. Each student researches an individual who was murdered, and the students all write the names of the victims on bricks that they add to a wall that surrounds the playground. After the presentations, one of the children noticed a swastika that someone had pneciled on the wall, and the group fo kids immediately ran and told their teacher, then got a tool and wiped off the graffiti. The situation showed hte complicated remaining effects of Naziism on Germany because of how it influences schoolchildren to write such offensive symbols despite probably not fully understanding the meaning of what they do, but despite this the way the group of children handled the situation demonstrated the success of efforts of remembrance of the tragic past, such as the unique school's dedication to the project of rememberance. It encourages a full recognition of what occurred, and such ideas should be incorporated into everyday life of all people, as the constant and increased awareness could increase the global understanding of the reasons for and horrendous results of the Holocaust, and such efforts are indispensible to working for a better future. (Sorry I cannot include my photo of the wall because the wifi is not letting me send it, but hopefully there is one earlier in the blog).

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Today, we were able to visit and tour the location of the Wannsee Conference, the location of the creation of the Final Solution. During the discussion in the conference room, I was really struck by the list of all of the Jews by country, particularly on Albania (200) as mentioned by Mr. Barmore. This particular remark stood out to me so much as it highlighted the Nazi's relentless persistence in attempting to eradicate the Jews, as they listed the marginal number of Jews in Albania based solely on weak facts. This number then served as a metaphor for modern day Jews, illustrating how, without any true knowledge, Hitler and the Nazi's sought out and intended to obliterate every single Jewish person, a strong and scary message.

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The final stopping place for thousands of Jewish citizens from Berlin. This platform was where Jewish citizens were taken away in trains to various camps like Lodz. This memorial serves those unknown to the general public and show was they were everyone no distinguishable factor was there. We are all people.

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First thing this morning, a discussion about the Holocaust as a metaphor took place: "it was not a bang, but a whimper." I'd first like to comment on a bit of a diverse opinion.

While I can see the connection, I personally beg to differ. Terrible things creep upon us; before we realize it, it's here. Starting with signs limiting shopping hours for Jews, "wasn't so bad." Who would have thought the start of a required yellow star would lead to...?

You don't know something's happening until your knee deep in it; it's unfathomable. They couldn't imagine their own fate, as Jews, until it was already over. And that's why we need to remember this key piece.

I don't think the Holocaust was a "whimper" but a nightmare they could not wake up from. Seemingly lasting a forever in the time, but is flown into view before you are cognizant of what's happening; within seconds.

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We visited the Grunewald Train Station today. This memorial showed each train departure and its destination, along with the date and how many Jewish people were taken. It was like looking at a timeline as you walked around the train tracks, and you could clearly see history and what was happening at that time just by looking at the number of Jews taken on each date. 

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We visited the Grunewald Train Station today. This memorial showed each train departure and its destination, along with the date and how many Jewish people were taken. It was like looking at a timeline as you walked around the train tracks, and you could clearly see history and what was happening at that time just by looking at the number of Jews taken on each date. 