hannover part 1

hopefully i will have time for a second part to this week before forgetting everything that has already been done...first off...my hostesses are amazingly sweet, tres chill, and are just overall awesome in general...just had to say that at least once this trip...well...i finally know how i felt at bergen-belsen...i went through the phases of emotion much like anyone does when they come to a realization of some sorts...at first, i could not believe that i was there and that through the gates amongst all the forrest and life that was presently there, there used to be such g-d awful things happening...a sort of "denial" if you will...not of the holocaust, though, of course!...next, my "angry" phase...i got really furious at those that had participated in such evil...then came the "depression" phase and it hit me like a ton of bricks...i had seen photos, heard stories, and taken classes on folms of the holocaust, but every time it is an emotional roller coaster for me to witness the ongoings of that era...finally, after walking in the now gardens, i tried imagining what life would have been like and what the memorial would have looked like back in the 40's...i "came to terms" with what had happened during my "acceptance" phase...i hope that the teaching of the holocaust never comes to an end...i sincerely hope that it is not true that as more and more years go by that there seems to be less of an emphasis on it in history classes...granted, i am somewhat biased in this case, but it is a very, very important lesson that has been and should continue to be learned...the only way to even prevent a terrible shoah from happening in the future is to educate the coming generations and arm them with the knowledge of the past...