On Sunday, students and staff has an amazing opportunity to visit the Holocaust Museum in Montreal. Here's a reflection from Meaghan Winter, a student who went on the trip.
On Sunday April 12th, 12 UVM students went to the Holocaust Museum in Montreal. It was very interesting for us to see the Holocaust from a Canadian perspective. We heard a survivor testimony for nearly two hours as he graciously told us about his good fortune and how lucky he was to not have to bear as much brutality in Europe. Luckily, our survivor escaped to Scotland before being sent to a concentration camp, but he did not escape antisemitism and some brutality. Because of fear of the Jews, he was taken out of his studies at university to be placed in several prisoner of war camps... but he was not a threat. Nor were any of his other Jewish counterparts, but they were treated as such. It was very interesting to hear the struggles of someone who seemingly escaped, but still bore hardships. This man is 94 years old and is probably more active than me... he has a rowing machine in his basement and works out daily in addition to walking whenever he can. The story less told was eye opening, and I cannot imagine the troubles our people had 40 years ago. That is why it is so important to go to these museums and remind ourselves of the injustice, so we may always remember and keep their memory a blessing.
We have many other events happening this week, like a screening of the film The Book Thief and a discussion on Thursday. For more information, check out the event page here.
Our Field of Flags went up yesterday in remembrance of all the victims who died during the Holocaust.
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