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We walked along a trail
known as Trail of Heroes.
Along this trail, there are
many monuments commemorating
people who have helped the
victims in some way during
the Holocaust. To be
included in the Trail of
Heroes, one must have helped
others and died in the
Holocaust. (See slideshow
below)
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The Trail of Heroes also
brought us to the Rapaport
Monument, which was built to
commemorate the heroes
in the Warsaw ghetto.
What is a hero? How do you
envision a hero looks like?
This monument shows us there
are 2 sides to how one can
visualize "heroes." On
one side, heroes look like
strong, well-built men, like
Greek Gods.
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On the other side, are the
true heroes of the
Holocaust, civilians and
typical people that helped
the children. The
image shows adults holding
the children while facing
the ground (knowing their
fate was doomed) while the
children are looking above,
like looking forward to a
new world because they are
innocent and do not know
their fate. This
monument symbolizes those
who walked to the
Umschlagplatz or held the
children's hand as they
walked in the gas chambers
with them.
See slideshow of Trail of
Heroes. |
