The Book of Names lists each person murdered at Auschwitz
#and you have to remember how many names are most likely missing#from rushed trains and burned lists#from rushed transports and people who died on the death marchs#what about the names from people who died after their liberation#and then…#this is only Auschwitz#this was the biggest camp yes#but just one of many#and then remember sobibor and belsec#and try not to feel sick
I remember my HS teacher did a visual experiment with us. He showed us a 8 ½ X 11 sheet of paper with 0s all over it in 12 pt font. He asked us just how many we sheets until we get 1,000 zeros? 10,000? 100,000? 100,000? He showed us a box of paper and asked us if that was enough to be 100,000. We all said “Well yeah!” Wrong! Then he asked us how much until 1,000,000? SOOO many boxes FULL of those 8 ½ X 11 sheets. The visual experiment was for us to have some tangible idea of how many lives were lost in the Holocaust. We just couldn’t believe it. Once you put it into perspective, give it a visual, it’s just SO much.
