Question

Why is the Holocaust important??

Answer 1

The importance of the Holocaust opened up to me after I stood below the gates saying “Arbeit macht frei”. In 2018 I visited the Auschwitz concentration camp complex – and that visit contained the most disturbing yet meaningful hours of my life. It emphasised to me just how real and tragically recent the Holocaust was; the standout exhibits being a book of the victims’ names and of course, the room with the possessions of the victims and even including their hair. The disturbing yet humbling feeling of walking alongside the tracks leading to the death camp is one I’ll never forget.