Eyewitness to the Holocaust: Museums and Survivor Testimony

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          I have a broader knowledge of the Holocaust than I ever did before. The main experiences that broadened and impacted my understanding of the Holocaust was working with Auschwitz survivor Rachel Roth, visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington D.C., and visiting the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.                          Rachel Roth was born in Poland and was placed in the Warsaw ghetto in the fall of 1940. Rachel suffered through the loss of her mother, two sisters, brother, grandparents, and uncles during her time in the ghetto and her subsequent shipment to the camps of Majdanek, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen. Rachel’s story is one of determination and survival and is an inspiration to all who read her autobiography, Here There is No Why. When reading Rachel’s story, you can imagine the struggles that she went...