I really like history, if I had thought that I could do anything with it I probably would have gone to college to study it more. When I was in about the 8th grade, I became extremely fascinated with the history surrounding the Holocaust. I'm not sure why such a controversial, depressing period of time fascnated me as much as it did. When I was in college and got the opportunity to do a political science internship in Poland I was thrilled, mostly because I thought that there would be a chance I would actually get to go to Auschwitz and a few other places that I had read so much about. I still to this day get chills when I remember the time that I spent there.
Recently, an eight grade teacher in the school that I spend so much time in recommended a book to me. I knew nothing of what the book was about, but as I began to read it I realized it was set in this time period that I was so intrigued with. The book made me think about my time spent in Auschwitz and really what that time meant to the world around us. I have just a few pictures that were taken in Auschwitz, it seemed like such a hallowed place to really be snapping pictures. I spent some time over the weekend looking through these and it made the story so much more real.
Really, this post was meant to reccomend a great book, that is actually being made a movie right now. The book is entitled, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. It is a really simple young adult novel that woun't take long at all to read, so if you like historical fiction this is a great book to read...