Eva Olsson, Holocaust survivor, Hero. On October 26 Eva Olsson visited our school and spoke about her unpleasent teenage years. When Eva took stage she asked us to raise our hands if we used the work "hate"in our everyday lives . Most of the room raised there hands. " Eva exclaimed to us that hate is the one word the caused the deaths of millions of people in the Holocaust.
Eva Olsson was one of six children living in a poor area in Hungary. On May 14, 1944 Eva, her family and many others were told there were going to work at a brick factory. They packed there bags and piled onto boxcars. This was no brick factory, after three days of traveling they arrived at Aushwitz concentration camp. Black smoke filled the air and millions of jews and christians unloaded the boxcars. The people were ordered to line up. As they reached the front they were told left or right. Left, you were headed to the gas chambers. Right, off to labour. Eva's mother was ordered to the left, that was the last time she ever saw her.
During Eva's presentation I was affected by the entire time I was in the room. I walked into the chapel thinking the presentation would be another hour long boring speech. I was so wrong, Evas presentation taught me so many things about the Holocaust itself but also things we can do today. In paticular it seemed like Eva really encouraged us to tell our parents we love them everyday, because one day they might not be there anymore.
As I left the chapel that day all I could think of was, how unbeleivable the Holocaust was. Eleven million people killed, all because of hate. After learning all about the Holocaust and other massive wars, I don't think the same about the world. I think that if all of the people in the world stop hating, we can all live happily. So all I have to say is that, what is the point of war? It' doesn't make anything better. All it does is make it worse.
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