Berlin Memorial Activity

1- What did you learn?

I learned many new things in regards to the holocaust of Germany and how it resulted in the holocaust, such as how the Nazis had tricked the Jews into admitting that they were Jewish. This helped the Nazis into detecting whether or not someone was Jewish by looking up information of that specific person. Documents upon documents show that the specific person is Jewish, especially where that accused Jew had registered themselves as Jewish.Not only did I learn about that, but I also learned that nearly after all those laws made in addition towards the Anti-Jewish believers, all those laws were destroyed in 1945.

2- Why do you think this monument was built?

I think this monument was built to acknowledge those who had to go through the era between 1933 to 1945, as in the time of where Nazis and Adolf Hitler had hate towards the Jews. I also think that he music notes indicate as either a religious song, or some kind of theme song. This monument could possibly also be about Jewish rights. The wordings are in German, so my guesses are probably incorrect, as it is hard to understand the whole monument when it is in another language.

3- What did you notice about the number of laws passed in certain years?

The laws for the Jews just kept getting worse and worse to the point where execution was involved.
It escalated into something a bit easy for the Jews, but then it got very bad. Around the era of 1933, all Jews nearly lost their jobs and got their permission to practice taken away, and by practice I mean the use of medical instruments and anything regarding the government, like lawyers. In 1939, Jews had to turn in their radios, and had curfews everyday. Jews weren't allowed to take anything valuable such as rings and other jewelrys with them while they emigrate to different areas in the world. In the era of 1942, Jews weren't allowed to have pets, weren't allowed to own anything in relation to fur, like coats and mink, weren't allowed to attend school, and Jewish homes were to display the Star of David in their residencies. In 1945, all these laws were destroyed, gone without a trace...is what they thought. Nazi party thought all this evidence of anti-judism would just banish, but who would forget about this tragic era? I personally wasn't even around or I don't have any relation to the Jewish community, but I know about this time of era. It's tragic. I know for sure that this will never be forgotten. No matter how hard the Nazis try, this will be printed in history forever.

4- Which restrictions do you think you would have the most trouble dealing with and why?

I'd have trouble with wearing The Star of David around town. I'd be ashamed, but not because I'd be Jewish, but because I'd receive hate and every other German would bash on me and my family. I hate critizitation and I believe it's disgusting.