Holocaust Museum Observation

This paper focuses on the observations when placed in a location that is unknown to me culturally, nationally, and socially. The purpose of my observation is to better understand my class partner, Mike Pietrusinski, and how this aspect of his life reflects in his persona as well as being able to experience something out of my comfort zone. The location Mike chose to take me was the Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the date was March 21, 2017.
Mike introduced me to the museum due to the connection and significance that it has for him and his family. His family, being partially Jewish, was persecuted during the Holocaust by the German Nazi army. Going around the museum gave me insight on what his family endured in the concentration camps which most of the time, these places exceeded the carrying capacity. While we were going through the right side of the museum, there is a history wall of the rise and fall of fascism and birth of the Jewish Holocaust and how It affected the Jewish Nation. Also, on the wall were some pictures and descriptions about what took place at the time and the struggles the Jews faced during World War two. We noticed some names of the concentration camps in Europe marked on the
Which may be clear to me or anyone else that glances at them, but this is different for Mike. When Mike walks through the museum and analyzes the pieces, I notice he is more pensive and observant than I or anyone else there because this is part of his family’s culture. The reason for this is the deep connection that the art work represents to his family. The fact that this awful part of our history took place is not easy to take in but to know that family members experienced it and some even perished is unimaginably painful. Mike reflects on the art because of the vivid images that could very easily been one of his family members, it is difficult for