Berlin Memorial

Prompt

1- What did you learn?
2- Why do you think this monument was built?
3- What did you notice about the number of laws passed in certain years?
4- Which restrictions do you think you would have 

the most trouble dealing with and why?

One of the many things I learned from this was how the restrictions of basic rights were heavily increased through out the years of Hitlers reign. At the beginning of the 1930's the Jewish people faced a lot of discrimation in the workforce, meaning that many Jews were laid off from work or not allowed to practice their trades. Later on in the 1930's they were stripped of their recreational rights, for example going to the cinema or going to concerts. Later on toward the end of the Holocaust and World War II they were late stripped of the basic necessities for living. This included Jews not being able to use their ration cards to recieve eggs or not being able to have milk. 

I believe that this memorial was built for two reasons. The first reason being to show a rememberance of a historical event that took place here. To educate those that live there that history should not be forgotten for if it is it will be doomed to repeat itself. The second reason being to show honour and respect  to the Jewish people. I believe this because during the Holocaust the Jews in Germany were treated with less respects than animals. They were also stripped of their pride during this time, I feel as if this memorial was created to show respect to them for all the horrible things they hard to endure in the past.

In certain years the amount of laws and restrictions passed would drastically increase or drastically decrease. For example, when Germany invaded Poland in 1939 the amount of laws passed the previous year increased drastically. It changed from things losing your job to then in 1938 not being able to have recreational rights. 

The restrictions that I feel I would have the most trouble erasing with would be the following- No Milk, Not being allowed to go to a cinema, and not being allowed to go to concerts. I would have the most trouble with the first because I desperately need to eat a bowl of cereal everyday and since milk is a primary need in cereal I don't think I would be able to not eat it everyday. I would struggle living with the second because watching movies is one of my favorite things. I usually go to the movies about three times a month, so to not be able to go watch movies would probably be really hard on me because it's one of my favorite things. Lastly, I would have the hardest time with the last this being due to me being a huge music fan. As someone who obsesses over musicians in anyway possible it would be absolutely terrible to never be allowed to see a favorite musician in concert. I would live in absolute dread each and everyday knowing I would never be able to see a loved musician in concert.