Okay, for starters... wow. This was kind of crazy. Last year in one of Dr. Mashburn's philosophy classes, our class was required to read a book on the holocaust. This kind of gave me a background to what the holocaust was like, but this book here... all I can say really is wow. Seeing first hand the stories told is mind-boggling to me. This is not what I wanted to write my post on, it was just the first thing that came to mind. Wow.
So, of everything we just read, what stuck out to me most was just a small sentence at the beginning of the second chapter. "This is hell. Today, in our times, hell must be like this" (page 22). This really hit me because I cannot begin to even fathom what happened. Despite any kind of studying, despite hearing any stories, despite reading any book, despite visiting any museum, I just cannot begin to fathom. Maybe if I traveled overseas and visited the camp as a tour I would have a better understanding, but even then I cannot see myself grasping what happened there. It legitimately must have seemed like hell on earth. I honestly cannot understand how they made it through it. not only how they made it through it, but how they did so and held onto their faith. I understand how they would say that is the only thing they have, but sometimes I feel as though even then it would be something very difficult to hold on to. I understand this post did not really have much of a point or meaning, but basically, I just wanted to get it across that I am, in a sense, dumbfounded over everything that went on and how people came out of it. That's all.
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So, of everything we just read, what stuck out to me most was just a small sentence at the beginning of the second chapter. "This is hell. Today, in our times, hell must be like this" (page 22). This really hit me because I cannot begin to even fathom what happened. Despite any kind of studying, despite hearing any stories, despite reading any book, despite visiting any museum, I just cannot begin to fathom. Maybe if I traveled overseas and visited the camp as a tour I would have a better understanding, but even then I cannot see myself grasping what happened there. It legitimately must have seemed like hell on earth. I honestly cannot understand how they made it through it. not only how they made it through it, but how they did so and held onto their faith. I understand how they would say that is the only thing they have, but sometimes I feel as though even then it would be something very difficult to hold on to. I understand this post did not really have much of a point or meaning, but basically, I just wanted to get it across that I am, in a sense, dumbfounded over everything that went on and how people came out of it. That's all.
I commented on Clabo's and Moriah's posts.
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