Which parts of this Web site affected you most strongly? Which object in this exhibition had the biggest impact on you? Why? Have you or someone you know been a refugee?

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Name:
George Simonoff
May 05, 2008 03:13 PM
Location:
Portland, Oregon
Message:
I realize this is not exactly what "Share Your Thoughts" is about but I have no other means. Sorry.
I saw Leo "Arie" Hanin on the Sugihara Conspiracy of Kindness program. My father and grandmother were in Kobe at that time. Is it possible to find out from him if he remembers Igor and Maria Simonoff, white Russian refugees. They lived in Ogi in those days.
Thank you.
Name:
Kandie L. Rosales
February 02, 2008 06:49 PM
Location:
Logan, Utah USA
Message:
How grateful I am for this information and am sharing this site with my family and friends.
I paused many pictures and found myself looking into their eyes.
The little boy sitting all alone in the rubble of the bombed out town broke my heart. I want to--even now--rush, and hold him, put my arms around him and tell him I'll take care of him, tell him he'll be safe with me. Yet, there wasn't just one person child, one person--but millions--who needed us.
It's hard to understand how black hearted and un-feeling people can become. Yet, not just one person--but millions--of the evil hearted.
I wasn't born until 1951, but I've heard the stories from family that fought in WWII.
A sad fact of life is...nothing's changed in the world. Genocide is happening now, and still millions more, want it to happen. I'm sorry there's so many black hearted people in this world.
God's, "Chosen People" have suffered for thousands of years. I, will always remember,(Hebrews, Jews, Israelites) who suffered so horribly to bring the Holy Scriptures to me/us. I also, "will never forget", who re-paid with evil. Thank you for letting us see the truth.
Name:
r asendrych
November 03, 2007 05:56 PM
Location:
england.
Message:
my mother ,a pole not a jew, was deported from her village of huta pieniacka, in eastern poland, with very little notice, put onto a cattle wagon, with her brothers and sisters and parents. they travelled to siberia. on the journey my mothers mother died. she was 36years old. my mother 18 years old at the time and the oldest. she worked on the wood mills in forests in siberia, from then was taken to/through africa and ended the war in south africa. from then took a ship to southampton,england. and she lived in england ever since. maiden name was Smigielski / smigielska. her father was bronislaw smigielski. if any one has information of their journey or accounts, then let me know. thank you. put smigielski in the subject box, 8richard8@tiscali.co.uk
thank you.
Name:
Victoria R
March 26, 2007 06:21 PM
Location:
Ruidoso NM
Message:
The pictures on this site were indeed the worst I have ever seen. I can't even imagine how horrible these times must have been. Even the thought of living during that time is horrifying. This site shows everything to a full extent. Once you see the pictures and read the horrible stories left behind, you get a different perspective on life. We take a lot for granted. Too much.
Name:
Haley Williams
March 26, 2007 11:42 AM
Location:
Ruidoso New Mexico
Message:
I feel that the most impacting part of this web site is the pictures. They convey the horror and devestation of that time. It made a strong impact on me to strive to never again let the killing of millions of innocent people happen again.
Name:
Raymond Rossiter
March 26, 2007 11:42 AM
Location:
Ruidoso, New Mexico
Message:
The Holocaust was no doubt a terrible time in the world's history. It was a time of death and devestation. This web site show the extent of this time and the horrible things that many people don't know about or believe. The pictures alone give a person all the reason to believe that this event did happen. You can see the fear on the childrens faces, and the unknowing for the future in the eyes of their parents.
Name:
Josie
March 26, 2007 11:18 AM
Location:
New Mexico
Message:
What strongly affected me was the stories about the ones who survived and didn't survive, and what the Nazi's did to those people. The storie about the little boy who was only about seven and he was taken away and died when he was ten, it's terrible that people would actually do that to a child.
Name:
Jake O
March 22, 2007 11:31 AM
Location:
New Mexico, US
Message:
I believe that the most powerful part of the website was being able to actually see pictures and video of everything that was being discussed, because there was no denying anything, or not believe just how terrible some of these things were. Looking at pictures, and watching these events actually happen is a lot different than hearing about it, because seeing is believing.
Name:
Douglas Charles Oaten
February 04, 2007 09:20 PM
Location:
Santos, Brazil
Message:
I am sickend every time I hear someone denying the very existence of the Holocaust and labeling it as Jewish propaganda.

Human memory has a tendency to reduce the importance or seriousness of events, especially in gnerations born after those events.

It is never too much to repeat that it is the duty of all civilised people in the World to not let the Holocaust be forgotten. Ever.
Name:
Julia Rostkowski
January 23, 2007 01:10 PM
Location:
Maryland
Message:
The part of the website that affected me was when I heard those people talking about their experiacne. I felt so sad listening, and I feel sad for them because they went through it. The biggest impact on me was that the people had to seperate from their families. It had an impact on me because I know I wouldn't be able to seperate from my family; i can't even go to summer camp without them. No, I don't know anyone who was or is a refugee.
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