Learning From the Holocaust: My Winning Essay
The Mira Kimmelman “Learning from the Holocaust” Contest
The following is the essay I wrote for the Mira Kimmelman “Learning from the Holocaust” Contest by the Tennesse Holocaust Commission. I originally had won the 1st place prize, but ended up winning the Notable Mention Award due to being an out-of-state applicant.
While this essay was written in 2021, I find that it still resonates exactly the same in light of the contemporary oppression in the world. Notably, the Uighuyer crisis.
There’s precisely one reason why the Holocaust is remembered for exactly the devastating and horrific period that it was; its survivors courageously shared their stories and the world refused to let their words drown in history. The world has upheld the lessons and carried the raw, relentless pain of both survivors and victims for decades; the pain never wavers and bleeds into the future. Students look upon black and white photos in glossy history textbooks with horrified looks while adults visit Holocaust museums with teary eyes; imagining the bloodshed. The world has remained captivated by the Holocaust because we have protected and maintained the very essence of the genocide; its lessons and its artifacts. As Mira Kimmelman eloquently put it, we can continue educating future generations on the…
