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Berlin

The Holocaust Memorial

"Then it was to the Memorial - it was so sad and I cried
They kept using words like murdered and extermindated
I can't imagine what six million people look like
- never mind that many people being killed - they were so evil

There were extracts from people's letters showing that word had
gotten back to the prisoners about what was going to happen to them
A twelve-year-old girl wrote a note to her Dad - "I am scared to die
I have heard that they throw the children into the pits alive"
I had to sit down after I read that - it was just barbaric

I also found out that they used carbonmonoxide before the gas came into use

They had a voice over room where they read out the names and story of the dead
It would take over six years to read them all out

It was a great Memorial - very well done and barely a sound was heard in the place
except for the odd gasp when someone read something pretty dreadful"

(four photos)

The Museum complex

Inside the new Holocaust History Museum

The new Hall of Names

The new Hall of Names

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