Thursday, February 9, 2017

Berlin Memorial Activity

          Based  on the Berlin memorial activity I learned that when laws for the Jewish were made they were small changes, at first, such as Jewish people not being able to join clubs or prohibiting them from going to the beach. Now this all started in 1933 and as the years went by all the way to 1945 the laws made for Jews became more extreme and specific, for example, in 1942 Jews HAD to have a "Jewish star" displayed outside of their homes. There are many other absurd laws.

           I think that monument was build stop making people feel like it's okay to talk about the Holocaust. Of course some people may think that that's disrespectful but I'm sure those aren't the intentions of the people who put the signs up. It's more of a symbol that they were able to get through that and see it as a big life lesson.

           Something that I noticed about the number of laws passed in certain years was that it was all  definitely planned out because in 1933  there was a ton of laws that were being made for Jews, and it wasn't laws that immediately made them go into concentration camps or anything like that they were more of small things being changed like Jewish actors and actresses not being able to continue their career. As the years progressed the laws were very specific and were more serious. One thing that I know for sure is that Hitler was a very smart man that had the talent to talk people into things. Unfortunately he didn't use his brains or his talent for anything positive.

           A restriction  that I would have the most trouble doing with would be the law passed down  that said that you werent able to have any pets at home. The reason why is because back when I used to own a dog I know that you get attached to your pet. And I know what it feels like to have your pet taken away. It always feels lonely and you miss even the smallest things of them.