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-How did you feel your experience at the camp compared to watching Schindler's List? You had expressed some fear that you might not be affected as much by the camp.
While at Buchenwald, I tried to imagine what the buildings and
grounds would be like if they were filled with hundreds of people. These
images which I had at the camp were definitely based on movies which I have
seen, but I don't think that it influenced my experience negatively. In fact,
I think they enhanced it.
-Did the visit change your life, like you thought? How so?
The more I study, read, and visit places about World War II and the
Holocaust, the less I understand. I walked out of Buchenwald more confused
than I've ever felt in my life. I can't for the life of me understand how
that could have happened. Seeing the camp, I couldn't understand how
anyone would build it, work there, clean the grounds, etc. I'm not exactly
sure how the visit has changed my life but I know that it's become a
permanent fixture in my mind--the image of the camp, the feeling I felt
walking through the crematorium, and standing in the center space where
roll calls were taken daily. The feeling in the bottom of my stomach
every time I remember the visit is something I don't feel that I'll ever
lose.
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