This week, our class watched a video called "One Survivor Remembers". It is about a woman named Gerda Wiessmann who goes through the terrible times of the Holocaust. She was fifteen and she came home from a vacation in August 1939. In September, World War II started and in a few hours the Germans took over her hometown. Soon after, there came orders that men had to register for forced labor and that included her brother. She said her brother was her protector and that she loved him very much. When he left it was very hard for her. Next came her dad. The Jews were forced to consecration camps. His dad had to go and then it was just her mom and her. Then the Jewish women and their children were also deported. When the German's asked for their ages, Gerda and her mom were separated. She never saw her mother again. On the train to the camp, she met a girl named Suse Kunz and they made a bet for how long the war was going to be. The bet was for a quart of strawberries and some whipped cream. The thing that made me feel really bad was her saying that they had finally had been liberated. Suse Kunz was still alive and Gerda had lost the bet so she had to give her strawberries. When Suse went to go get water, she fainted and died. A good thing I thought was cool was that she married a Jewish solider that came to come get them after they had been liberated. Gerda had to go through many things in her life, but during it all she stayed strong.
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This week has been filled with assignments and homework, but the one that stuck out the most was our SLE's. We turned in our first draft on Thursday. My SLE is about Faith in Society. There are some many negative things going on in the world and it blinds us from seeing God and coming to know him. The world is filled with darkness and it can lead us to make wrong choices. For example, the talk we had with Helen Rossi went with my topic as well. There was a lady named Kate that went with her as well. She divide the white board into two. On one side was God and the other side was World. For a big portion of her life, she lived on the side that side world. She lived in darkness and sin. She made wrong choices and it made her life more difficult. She eventually found the side with God on it and her life became better. In my essay I also include how we can be the light of the world. Since there is so much darkness in the world, God calls us to be lights of the world. As an example, I used St. Teresa as an example in my essay. I said that St. Teresa was well-known throughout the world and that she brought light into the world. She might have even changed the lives of others. I also used St. Francis of Assisi in my essay as well. He lived on the dark side for awhile until he noticed that he needed God in his life. He was really humble and many people thought he was a really holy person and they eventually joined him. In his prayer it says that when there's doubt, faith. It means that whenever you think something's wrong, turn to God because you'll find the way. SLEs are actually pretty interesting and it actually helps me deepen my faith and come to know God more. |
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