ORAL+HISTORY+REFLECTION

Sameer B. Period 4 6/3/10

Reflection on Judy Meisel

Judy Mesiel taught me a lot more than what I had known about the brutal life during the Holocaust. I learned so much from her experience. She taught me even more about brutality and she also told me how a Nazi guard saved her life. She does not mention this in any of her answers until the very end of the end of the tape. She does think of this as a secret. The story starts off like this. When she was walking outside to get milk, a Nazi guard threatened to kill her. Another Nazi guard approached and told the other Nazi guard to stand down. The good nazi guard let her leave. She could have died. I learned about how difficult emotionally it was to survive. I know that physically it was very hard, but emotionally very depressing. She went through depression for many years during and after the Depression. I learned a lot more of the real story of the Holocaust, rather than the regular story. I learned a lot from her. Hopefully she will live longer so she can tell more and more people her story.