Holocaust

Holocaust. The word is from the Greek meaning "burnt offering." How sad that the word ever came to be used of humans. Our first stop on our Washington DC vacation was to the Holocaust Memorial near the National Mall. Suzanne wanted to see the "David's House" exhibit, a fictitious narrative in pictures, voices and artifacts, of a Jewish boy's experience in Nazi Germany. Daniel's family was separated. He and his father went to a concentration camp but escaped. His mother and sister were not so fortunate and died there.

Throughout Daniel reads the words of his diary describing the frightening change of life he experienced under Nazi terror. The familiar places of childhood - school, store, park and home - became restricted space where Jews were not welcomed or closely monitored. He was forced to wear a yellow Star of David marking him as one of them. Truly Daniel's story is a story that needs to be told and is sadly being relived every day in Sudan, Darfur and lesser known places where Christians are persecuted and killed for their faith.