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Caption: Washington, D.C. A heartfelt trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum By: Molly Shields
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Caption: When you first walked into the museum, they ask you to pick up a identification card to get a background on on of the thousands of people who went through and either passed away or survived the Holocaust.
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Caption: In the elevator, they played a short video as in introduction.
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Caption: When we entered the top level of the museum, it was dark and full with TVs and information as well as items
Caption: A group of students went into a mini theatre and watched a video about how hitler rose to power. The following are a few pictures of what the video talked about.
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Caption: There were many items that we saw that were very impactful. Some of the things we saw were....
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Caption: Portraits painted by artists and of people who passed away in the Holocaust
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Caption: Towards the end of the museum, there we’re paintings from children involved.
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Caption: There was a quote at the end of the museum that moved a whole group of students.
Caption: The holocaust museum was very impactful to all of the coginchaug student who attended and was very insightful. Being in this museum brought such a sad energy but it was nice to see the commemoration made for all the lives that were lost.