Holocaust Museum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

5.12.17

It is difficult to get tickets to the Permanent Exhibition at the Museum,

unless you reserve them far in advance.

We considered that a good sign that the lives lost during this tragedy were being well-honored.

(We did end up getting tickets... read on...)

 Even without a ticket, you can see other exhibits, 

including "Remember the Children: Daniel's Story".

On Thursday afternoon, we walked through the story of Daniel and his family...

...and through other exhibits including

"Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complicity in the Holocaust"

and others highlighting continuing genocide...

We were there as the Museum closed down and had the opportunity to chat a bit with a staff member,

who confirmed that the few same-day tickets for the permanent exhibit

were very challenging to get a hold of...

...and then graciously and miraculously produced 5 tickets for the next day

that he handed to Tim as we walked out the door.

Wow.  Truly, what a gift.

And so, we got to come back the next day to go through the permanent exhibit.

The Holocaust.

How?

Why?

Please Lord, never again.

Fragments from Torahs damaged in Merberg and Vienna synagogues

on "The Night of Broken Glass."

Thank you, Denmark for your example...

 Bless you, Hannah Senesh, for your bravery.

Included in the museum is a "Wall of the Righteous"

inscribed with the names of more than 10,000 people who risked their lives 

to save Jews during the Holocaust.

The Zookeeper

Shortly after reading this about Irena Sendler,

we listened to her story in Adventures in Odyssey.

Oskar Schindler

We didn't find the names of the TenBoom family,

but their story as told in "The Hiding Place"

is at the top of my life-impacting stories list.

As the memorial to these "righteous" states:

"They regarded their acts as no more than expressions of

ordinary decency toward friends, neighbors, and strangers."

May we all have such ordinary decency.

We hadn't fully considered the struggle that remained for the Jews after "liberation"...

 

The Israeli Declaration of Independence