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On Friday the 21st of October I visited the museum of tolerance as part of group. I had only visited the museum once before but it was very different experience. I took the same tour from years ago but the impact and emotions where very different for me. Just being there and finally understanding and experiencing a sense of hopelessness that these people felt in such a horrible situation. During the tour there were different scenarios in which they would duplicate different ways people were talking about the upcoming power of Hitler. This was very interesting especially when trying to figure out the mindset of not only the Jews of that time but also the well-educated German people that either sided with Nazi party or didn’t. There was an instance during the tour where we had to walk through these gates and we had to make the decision in which category we belong to and then enter a gas chamber room where there was a documentary explaining what was happening to the Jews in the concentration camps. At the end of our tour we spoke to a holocaust survivor about his experience and life. It was an honor to listen to Morris’s life and to know despite everything he went through he was so optimistic about the future. In this class we have noted how important it is to obtain primary source and how sometimes it is very difficult to come across but just having the opportunity to listen to his life story and all the ways he found to survive was something incredible. Also having the opportunity to shake his hand and get his autograph was something just out of this world. Leaving the tour made me so reflective about our history but also how incredibly different it is to learn about the Jewish holocaust from a book rather than going through a museum that hold true artifacts and have primary sources talking about their experience.