The Holocaust Exhibition

During the first week of March, I paid a visit to the Imperial War Museum along with my colleagues from university. I had never been to the museum before as I'm relatively new to London and I must admit it was quite an amazing experience. The museum is famous for its variety of exhibits from the World War II and for its Holocaust exhibition which is what really made my experience there emotional.


The exhibition consists of photographs, newspapers, documents, posters and videos that show the political scene in Europe after the World War I. It examines the rise of the Nazi party and covers the corruption of science supporting the Nazi race theory, the isolation of German Jews and of course the murders of the European Jews that happened from 1933 - 1945.

Nazi Concentration Camp

 The exhibition itself was very informative and interesting to me because I love learning about historic facts, but it was quite disturbing to be there as well. There are testimonies from eighteen Jewish survivors, talking on camera about their experiences,sharing everything they've been through, which are very uncomfortable to watch. Also, there are many shocking photographs, especially towards the end of the exhibition since it's in chronological order, that show dead bodies and people getting executed. 





The most shocking piece of memorabilia to me was a photograph of a Jewish man, sitting next to a pile of dead bodies literally minutes before he was executed. There is a Nazi soldier standing next to him, holding a gun to the Jewish man's head.  That photo was taken seconds before the man was killed, and the most disturbing part of it all is that he's actually looking at the camera and you can see the fear in his eyes. After seeing that photograph I left the Holocaust exhibition immediately and, needless to say, in tears.