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-Do you ever feel like there are expectations of how people are supposed to feel at the camp?
Yeah. That has bothered me a little bit because I don't show emotion that much. There are people bawling, and I feel like maybe I should be, too. So that's a big issue. You're going to feel anger regardless; everybody's going to be angry there.
The first time I went was with a church group, and that was a lot of young kids--freshmen and sophomores in high school. I was a freshman. There was a lot of anger and frustration. The next few days everyone was really on edge. That was pretty hard. So that's where I'm looking--at how the group reacts. As far as the historical stuff, I want to see that, but I'm more interested in how people react.
-What do you feel the purposes of concentration camp visits are?
Well, I don't think it's really to teach that much--at least it isn't for me because I've been exposed to it most of my life. So it's not really to educate; it's more, again, how people react. The first person who took us there was German. He was a minister. So he was very unsure about the idea of taking us there. He did not want to take us there. He made sure we went late enough so that we missed the film in English. And that was upsetting to me that he would make that decision.
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