This poem that I have composed represents what I believe
children of the Holocaust may have felt. I can not say for
certain how they individually felt in the concentration
camps, but one definite statement I can say is that I’m
sure this experience was life altering for any survivors.
The stories I have read about the Holocaust along with
interviews and poems have entirely changed my outlook on the
survivors.  I thought before that it was just a matter of
doing whatever it took to survive, even if that meant
abandoning your own faith or people. But I learned it was a
combination of smarts and fate.  I can not even begin to
explain how I would feel in any of those situations, because
some of the stories have just put me to tears.  
Unfortunately I realize horrible things like this happen
every day. 
     This is why it is so important to remember and keep
these memories alive. My main concern is that these horrors
will happen again. I want kids to be educated on this topic
so that they realize what these people went through.
Hopefully the outcome will be that my children and future
generations to come won’t have to go through that.
Sometimes it’s hard for people to remember because it is
painful, but it will be even more painful to see this happen
again to our society. 
     From what I observed through TV, radio, and internet it
seems that some Americans are stereotyping American Muslims
as terrorists. It can create false fear and hysteria
throughout our nation.  This may be how it all started,
through the hatred of the Germans toward the Jews in Nazi
Germany.  It all started from fear and then evolved to
something more powerful than anyone ever expected.    
     Most societies that are poor, war torn, or in great
need of a strong ruler, need a source to blame their
misfortunes  upon.  The Germans seeked out the Jews out as a
scapegoat to their problems. One disaster happens and the
nation looks for a reason for this event. Sometimes they are
so scared that they won’t find the reason so they blame it
on the dominating source. In this case the Jews were
financially successful at this point, so Hitler had more
than enough reason to jealously pin it on the Jews.  
      In Anne Frank’s Diary she wrote “Despite
everything, I believe that people are really good at
heart.” Despite everything she went through she still
managed to see the good in people and that is a lesson that
should forever stay with us where ever we go in life.
History is already written, but the future is a historic
book for us to fill the pages with.  So as time moves along
and we keep her words in mind we should create a better
future for our selves and an even better history left
behind.