tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6121828276851966950.post6477263896356931036..comments2023-04-02T12:58:58.364+02:00Comments on Oui Blog: DachauBeth and Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290736621457743702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6121828276851966950.post-68030097337165318182011-05-31T17:49:20.973+02:002011-05-31T17:49:20.973+02:00I can't imagine what that visit must have been...I can't imagine what that visit must have been like. I hope you took some time for serious decompression afterward. I took 8th graders twice to the Museum of Tolerance (should really be Intolerance) after reading Anne Frank and they have an exhibit that recreates the path to the crematoriums and walks you thru one. I also showed them the movie Night and Fog which is a French documentary of Auschwitz from 1955. Have you seen it? It is horrifying. I think the worst part was of the town nearby where they showed from wartime film footage how the town would get covered in a white powdery soot. It was so thick-like if you've ever lived near a large fire and the smoke and soot cover everything. Well the soot there was the remains of the victims of the crematorium and it covered there town and they breathed it in and lived in it. I can't even imagine what that does to your soul. None of my teens made any funny quips either from seeing that film or the museum tour but sometimes when people are completely overwhelmed and don't know how to release that tension it comes out in an inappropriate manner so Emma those teens may have been feeling the same as you but had no way to deal with it. Lucky you, you have a family that allows the honest expression of emotions. Not everyone does. You have to feel safe to be vulnerable.susanonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550409420242413227noreply@blogger.com