I found our trip to the Holocaust museum to be one that was very shocking. I found that when we went through the top floor, I was stricken wwith a sense of grief from seeing all of the wood carvings, the majority of which were children, showing Jewish people that had died in the Holocaust. As we went down to the 2nd floor, I was amazed by the exhibit on the Jewish brothers that had led the resistance against the Nazi's. I found it to be very interesting and that it gave off a strong sense of hope. I also got a vibe that this was something that the Jewish community would like to focus on. I found that it was an example of the "new"Jew, one that would not allow atrocities to be committed to him or his family. One that would not allow crimes to be permitted against him.
I left the second floor with a sense of hope, a sense of believing in mankind. But upon going through the first floor, I found this new hope to be shaken by what I saw. It was the bottom floor that hosted all of the artifacts of the holocaust. I was also amazed and disturbed that they actually had one of the shuttle cars that was used to ship Jews to concentration camps. I could not imagine stuffing a 100 people into this small car. It was a good expierence for me, I find that we have to look into our past, to change our future.