Starting Point Of The Holocaust

January 30th, 1933, a day that started it all. This was the day that marked the starting point of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a very terrifying and horrific event. Killing an estimated six million Jews which is unthinkable. In Hebrew School, when I was about 11 years old, I first heard about the holocaust and what it was. It shocked me a great deal, and I thought to myself, why anyone would think of committing this type of mass genocide. Over the next couple years I learned more and more about what happened, who is was between and how it affected people who lived through it. I tried to think of what that was like, but nothing came close. When I first thought about this question, it took me awhile to process it all, but after a few minutes
of thinking I thought of something.
Going through the Holocaust is one of the most scared to death situations to be in. To see your friends and family members leaving you, is horrid. When I started to really learn about this, it affected me dramatically. I could never think of seeing all of my friends and family going away forever, but I knew that some people had to witness this. What I learned quickly is that there is one day of the year that we remember those brave and honorable soldiers who fought. Because with every person there is a name, and with every name there is an identity. I know that, those soldiers risked their lives for anyone. As a very powerful man once said, “it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you live. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight!”(President Obama). Those soldiers risked their lives every day to save that one man or one women. That is why the most important and memorable thing that affected me, were those soldiers that did everything for everyone.