Holocaust Surviviors still making an impact

April 5, 2006 mle3

With the number of years between now and then increasing fast, it's good to know that Holocaust survivors are still alive, and willing to get their story out while they can.

This article details Holocaust survivior Jack Ratz's visit to the South Glens Falls high school. He spoke about the yellow star sewed onto his jacket and the number 281 tatooed on his chest. The article unfortunately does not say what camp Ratz worked at, nor where he was from. It did however get into the feedback of the students, who felt that Ratz's stories taught them to stay positive to make it through difficult life situations. The story also mentioned Ratz's new book, Endless Miracles, which does get into his past.

I am currently taking a class entitled Holocaust: Legends and Legacies, as I have always had an interest in this topic. However, to actually read more than people's stories, to combine them with facts about the lack of help from the world, about the startup of the Nazi regime, and pictures makes everything that much more drab and horrible. Of course, live stories can be the best information. I hope that Ratz didn't spare students of the atrocities he went through-sometimes we need to hear the hard things in order to prevent them from happening again.

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3 Comments Add your own

• 1. livingjourney  |  April 5, 2006 at 10:19 pm

  I am glad that you are learning about real historical facts… Isn’t it just scary when there a people saying that the holocaust never happened.

  That is called historical revision, and is very dangerous.

  As you have said you have to hear these things in orderr to prevent them from happening again.

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• 2. prof washburn  |  April 23, 2006 at 4:13 am

  I’m not the first to comment, and it looks like you have good feedback.

  You have the story, the source and a solid opinion. Nice work.

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• 3. Emily  |  March 19, 2008 at 12:50 am

  Jack Ratz came back to South Glens Falls Senior High School today. He worked in the camp Stutthof and is from Riga, Latvia.

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