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4 pages in length. From the very moment unsuspecting visitors enter the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, their senses are immediately accosted by alarming artifacts, suffering sounds, heartrending testimonies and an overall sense of doom, which is precisely what its creators wanted it to instill. Even the seemingly innocuous architecture was used as a means by which to reinforce how unimaginably inhumane the Holocaust was and how those who did not live through it can only recreate such dreadful memories by simulated experience. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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sense of doom, which is precisely what its creators wanted it to instill. Even the seemingly innocuous architecture was used as a means by which to reinforce how unimaginably
inhumane the Holocaust was and how those who did not live through it can only recreate such dreadful memories by simulated experience. The innocence and desperation, the terror and
confusion come across as though visitors had experienced the concentration camp themselves when forced to undergo the same sensations the real prisoners actually felt; this aspect of the museum is
perhaps the most intense in its desire to evoke the same feelings from its visitors as were encountered by the millions of concentration camp prisoners. Visitors are issued passports
just the same as camp victims were in order to further strengthen the emotional impact of their visit and can expect to be overwhelmed with sadness, anger and confusion as
to why this era of history ever took place at all. The museum employed such historical evidence such as but not
limited to documents, printed testimonies, photos artifacts as a most compelling way to tell the story of the Holocaust. One question that will come to the minds of all
who visit the museum after being painfully immersed into the experience is how do people begin to forgive such atrocities toward humanity? Should people move beyond the hurtful past
and focus on preventing the same from occurring again in the future, or should the past remain a constant reminder of the depths of mans inhumanity toward one another?
As a world that has been victimized by unspeakable suffering, the only answer is that it is critical to hold onto the barbarity of the past in order to prevent
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