I've studied the Holocaust a lot off and on through the years. I've been to the big museum in DC, other smaller memorials and to Dachau in Germany as well. I'd say the most depressing was Dachau.
What I like about this place is that it is split into 3 sections. The first section focuses on Jewish history, culture, and traditions. The second part focuses on the war. The third delves into the liberation movement and people who helped Jews during the war.
They have tons of things to read, lots of paintings, short movies, artifacts, and stories. This was my second time there and I didn't get to spend a lot of time in the liberation part when I went last time. There was a very moving movie with survivors telling their stories. That brought a few tears on and honestly we didn't finish watching it. It was a lot to take in. I guess it just depends on your threshold for seeing human suffering in terms of how soul-numbingly depressing it is.
My interest in that time period actually lies with the people who tried to help including resistance movements and people who hid Jews and forged papers, etc. I like how they focus on all of that. You have to make it to the end to get there of course as it's chronological.
It's free admission. You can give donations if you'd like, but you do not have to. There is just a box on your way out. Depending on how much you want to read and such you could spend an entire day. The first time I went we spent the whole day there. Today we spent 2 hours and that was nice.
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What I like about this place is that it is split into 3 sections. The first section focuses on Jewish history, culture, and traditions. The second part focuses on the war. The third delves into the liberation movement and people who helped Jews during the war.
They have tons of things to read, lots of paintings, short movies, artifacts, and stories. This was my second time there and I didn't get to spend a lot of time in the liberation part when I went last time. There was a very moving movie with survivors telling their stories. That brought a few tears on and honestly we didn't finish watching it. It was a lot to take in. I guess it just depends on your threshold for seeing human suffering in terms of how soul-numbingly depressing it is.
My interest in that time period actually lies with the people who tried to help including resistance movements and people who hid Jews and forged papers, etc. I like how they focus on all of that. You have to make it to the end to get there of course as it's chronological.
It's free admission. You can give donations if you'd like, but you do not have to. There is just a box on your way out. Depending on how much you want to read and such you could spend an entire day. The first time I went we spent the whole day there. Today we spent 2 hours and that was nice.
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It's a good museum. It's totally worth going to.