Caringbah High School

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Sydney Jewish Museum

Sydney Jewish Museum

This week Year 7 visited the Sydney Jewish Museum as part of their study of 'The Book Thief' and the valuable lessons we learn from history. A Holocaust survivor spoke to the students and shared his personal history. Egon was incredibly humble and explained how in many instances, he owed his life to the kindness and courage of strangers. He explained the importance of survivors telling their stories to ensure such atrocities are not repeated. There is a focus at the museum on the power of words, culminating in the importance of names, as Jewish inmates at Auschwitz were deprived of their names. It was a powerful experience. The students are to be commended on their reverence, insightfulness, and engagement on such an important and serious issue.