| Jerri Garofalo |
| June 08, 2009 02:56 PM |
My uncle was a member of the 82nd Airborne who helped to find and liberate the Wobellin Camp near Ludwiglust, German. It is something he still finds hard to think about or speak of even now which is 60 years after the fact. The mere mention of Wobellin brings tears to his eyes and chokes him up. It is an atrocity surely beyond our imagining. There is an excellent testimony made by the officer who was connected with the 82nd Airborne, that found Wobellin. At this time I think you can only to listen his recording, which is housed in the library of the US HMM. For anyone wanting to know more about this camp and others like it, it is well worth the time and effort to obtain and listen to it. I am sorry I forget his name, but certainly if you look up Wobellin in the files of testimonies, it will come up. When listening to his memories all of my senses were awakened, and I can still recall almost all of what he said, even now several years later. Obviously my heart aches for all who lived and died in that and other camps. Yet too, how sad it must have been for the liberators who found those poor people. They wanted so much to help them, but what they needed most, "nutrition," was what was hardest to provide for them. You can imagine a starving and thristy person when they get any food at all, would gobble it down. And what they needed to do, was to go very, very slowly, as their digestive systems could not handle it. My uncle later found himself in the Korean War fighting again. There however, he became a POW for 28 months. As hard as that was, and I know it was awful beyond words, still, he can deal with those years much easier than what he saw in 1945 at Wobellin. God bless all the families and individuals who had to endure the Holocaust atrocities in anyway. And let us be mindful of those today who are victims of similar events. Anytime a person thinks they are above or better than another human we are starting that cycle again. |
| john reynolds |
| June 07, 2009 03:27 PM |
i went to neuengamme in 2000 as soon as you enter the camp you notice that there are no birds singing or flying around i walked around the whole camp and into the brickworks building i could almost feel the suffering of the jews and many nationalites that suffered and died here i tried to put myself in there place i stood in the middle of the brickworks and preyed that it will never happen again, also seeing all those names on the wall in the museum buildind made me feel very sad i left that camp with a heavy heart...may god never let it happen again...JOHN... |
| Polly |
| June 05, 2009 06:02 PM |
I cannot believe the world let this happened to so many people. I am an African American who read about the holocaust in school, but because of the publicity on Obama speech in Cairo, I am doing my own research and I am really saddened by what I am reading about the holocaust. I pray that God will comfort all the Jews, Gypsies and all the other victims of the holocaust. You have suffered long and hard, may God bless you all and keep you. |
| Katie Smith |
| June 04, 2009 11:14 PM |
For my class, I am doing a report on one of the Holocaust victims. To learn about how this only happened in the 1930's to the 1940's is unbelievable. These camps were just full of death and horror. To live after this, while loosing everyone you know would be unbearable. Although we want to forget this ever happened, we have to remember so it doesn't repeat itself. |
| dorothy christie |
| May 31, 2009 06:44 AM |
having visited auschwitz birkenau in late dec nothing prepares you for what you experiance there. it is a desolate place it was blowing a blizzard and freezing cold but it gave us an insight to the kind of weather conditions people had to suffer.every school should pay a visit to these camps. so that man`s inhumanity to man should never be forgotten |
| Kaitlynn |
| May 28, 2009 01:23 PM |
I recently meet David Faber. Author of Because of Romeck. This book showed me the horrors of what Hitler did.Honestly I hope he is rotting in hell right as I type this. I believe in everybodys religion and having the freedom to worship it. I saw terrifying things in the book. His brother Romeck Faber gave everything to keep his family safe including his life. |
| efrain perales |
| May 26, 2009 03:49 PM |
this is very sad im learning this in my langauge arts class we read the book called night its really good i wanna visit the muesum now thanks for letting me share my thoughts.. |
| kali |
| May 24, 2009 12:21 PM |
I'm learning about the Holocaust and I'm working on a report about Death Marches and I was crying after I read all of these FACTS! I didn't belived that something so horrible could ever happen! But I opened my eyes and saw the truth that I could no longer hide. |
| brenda |
| May 23, 2009 12:20 PM |
i find it crazy how people can live with something like that on their mind. like wouldnt u be trametised? im a jehova witness and to see what happend to them like the teachers would find any excuse to expell them for school. they wanted them to heil hitler but they didnt that shows me that i have to be stong |
| destini taylor |
| May 22, 2009 01:52 PM |
im a 10 yea old reader i think this site is a good place to find out what happend during the war. |
