Courage+To+Care

// Reflective statement - Courage To Care // - Home On the 21st of July 08 all the year 9's caught a bus to Wodonga to visit a 'Courage To Care' exhibition. This turned out to be all about the 2nd World War, and how the nazi's killed millions of jewish people in concentration camps, this was called the holocaust. At first I diddn't know what to expect nor if it was worthwhile, but after experiencing it, I have a new outlook on the war and the millions of people it effected. It was really inspirational when we got the chance to meet and hear a survivor of the war. It really struck me that he was ordered to work at a concentration camp at a similar age as I am now. When he worked there he told us that one day he had to clean up all the dead corpes of those who were murdered in the concentration camps. I could not live with myself after going through something like that, and I admire the speaker's courage to share life experiences that he regrets. Although the German holocaust was filled with hate and evil it brought out the very best of some people. These people helped others in need against the odds of being caught and persecuted themselves. Others hid Germans from anyone's knowlege for years on end, sacrificing their share of food and supplies. If I had the chance to do this excursion again I would read all the information in the exhibition and go by myself, so I could really let the courage shown by these people soak in.