It took me longer that usual to write this as I just did not know how to begin.
But I then decided the best way to describe my visit to the Holocaust Museum in Houston was to start at the end - the impact it had on me.
The permanent exhibit at the Morgan Family Center depicts the horror that Holocaust victims were subjected to
during the Second World War (WW2).
The cruelty that those in power could inflict on another human being was simply unbelievable! What the Nazis did to the Jews during WW2 was just insane. No matter what the reason, there is no excuse for such barbaric acts.
The film footage, artefacts, photographs and documents at the museum transport you back in time - to when Hitler and the Nazis went on the path of the 'Final Solution'.
Among the museum's jewels is the outdoor exhibit of a 1942 rail car - the type that was used to ferry millions of Jews to their deaths.
I was told that based on the fact that this particular rail car had a step 
welded onto it and a domed roof could mean it was actually used to ferry Jews to concentration camps!
The museum also has two films - Voices and Voices II - in which survivors tell of their Holocaust experiences -including the extermination of their loved ones.
These are the voices of horror and terror but we who hear them must not let them remain narrations of despair.
Actually this paragraph on the home page of the museum (http://www.hmh.org/) could not have summed it better.
It reads: "A living testimonial to those who died. A place to honour those who survived, and a source of education for present and future generations".
The Holocaust must indeed serve as a reminder to mankind to steer clear of the path of cruelty and destruction.
JOSEPH RAJ

have been working without drawing a salary for the past few years.
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