US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC (oc)

ZeusHatesTrees on October 6th, 2025 at 17:46 UTC »

I've been in that room. The smell of old leather. It's much more striking in person.

ParticularAd8919 on October 6th, 2025 at 17:52 UTC »

I don't know if it's still there (I suspect it is) but in the same area of the museum when I visited there was a room filled with family and community photos from Holocaust victims across Europe. That left an impression on me too because you really saw all the families and communities across the continent that were destroyed, bloodlines that were cut off, neighborhoods that were emptied. All because of a single group's hatred. Fuck anyone who tries to downplay Nazism, fascism, or the Holocaust.

Spartan2470 on October 6th, 2025 at 18:08 UTC »

For those having difficulty reading this:

WE ARE THE SHOES, WE ARE THE LAST WITNESSES.

WE ARE SHOES FROM GRANDCHILDREN AND GRANDFATHERS

FROM PRAGUE, PARIS, AND AMSTERDAM.

AND BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY MADE OF FABRIC AND LEATHER-

AND NOT OF BLOOD AND FLESH - EACH ONE OF US AVOIDED THE HELLFIRE

YIDDISH POET MOSES SCHULSTEIN (1911-1981)