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more about #theholocaust counterclockwise's using her promoting-power for good: Everything about the Third Reich leaves me torn...one of my grandpas barely survived Auschwitz and the other one was part of the SS. Of course there i... more » clevernamehere: I went to Auschwitz when I was 21 and that was the only concentration trip I ever need to take. I know a lot of people are deeply moved visiting conce... more » JinxyMcDeath: I too went to Dachau as a child and it was horrifying. I will never, ever, forget it. And FYI, Dachau concentration camp was in the middle of a town. ... more » marshmallory: I really, really want to go to one of these sites, because I have always been fascinated by World War II and everything to do with it, but I'm concern... more » leesie: I have never been so moved as when I visited the Holocaust Museum in DC many years ago. I actually had to leave the building and compose myself severa... more » Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): I had a memory this morning about visiting Dachau when I was 6, which is: when I was in Germany with my family and my parents told me us we were going... more » bluebears: My dads best friend from high school (who he's still friends with) has two survivors as parents. His dad was 16 when he went the forced "death march" ... more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Trigger Warning I visited Dachau when I was 14. My father made me go. It is absolutely startling in its normalcy. Your feet crunch the gravel. You sta... more » sportz.star: yit gaddal v'yit kadash sh'mei raba . . . amen. more » Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): Now I'm getting all choked up. My friend recently visited Auschwitz and I've never seen her so badly affected by anything, ever. more » casi nadie: Will we ever have such a memorial for Darfur? For Rwanda? In Armenia? How about in Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile? There's too much remember... more » brinkswomanship: Lest we forget. more » ImproperDancing: I just got chills. Never again. Never Forget. more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): And now I'm crying. This is the most moving SJ I may ever see on this site. Thank you. more » topsy: I have nothing but support for remembrance of the Holocaust but I have to wonder why this museum was built in Washington and there are no museums dedi... more » sybann: Stoprobbers: Firefox might allow me to reply to commenters, BUT I don't own my work computer so I can't just download something without incurring the ... more » feministabroad: I made sure to light a candle when I went last summer. I cried there like I was alone or something. It was too overwhelming. And I was with someone wh... more » nagumi: A recent study showed that if the holocaust had not occurred, there would be 31 million jews alive today. There are 13 million jews alive today. more » midwesternmom: It doesn't matter how many times I read the number, I just cannot wrap my mind around 6 million people wiped from the face of the earth. Six million i... more » Ailanthus-altissima: There were so many groups that were sent to the camps that were not Jewish. This is not to take away from anyone, but rather to put some light onto gr... more »
