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  • Essay / How is the Holocaust remembered? The boy in the...

    As our world evolves, technological advances allow for an increase in the dissemination of information on the Internet. Similarly, the World Memory Project is using the internet to promote Holocaust remembrance and people are starting to use some forms of social media to get the message out to people. There are ways for Facebook users to "share" or "like" the Holocaust Museum Facebook page or to "share" an experience someone has had that is related in some way. 'another to the Holocaust. Similarly, on Twitter you can participate in a “virtual” reading of names by “tweeting the names of people who died in the Holocaust.” (http://www.ushmm.org/remember/days-of-remembrance/more-ways -to remember) Around the world, there are many ways to share information, whether through word of mouth or through certain projects. Another great way to spread and remember information about the Holocaust is to use different types of art, whether it's a book, film, photograph, or painting . Books, whether fiction or non-fiction, are works of art that capture the feelings and memories of the author. Literary works relating to the Holocaust are exceptional in depicting the impact the event had on the author or characters in the book. The number of books written about the Holocaust varies greatly. These books allow us to hear and remember the stories of survivors and victims. Each book is a different story with a different perspective and different focus on the Holocaust; no two books are necessarily the same. For example, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank reveals to readers the thoughts and feelings of a young Jewish girl who hid with her father...... in the middle of a paper.. .... being among those affected during this period. Just like the many museums that exist around the world, there are just as many memorials. These memorials were created and are visited regularly to honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Many famous memorials include the Babi Yar Memorial in Ukraine and Yad Vashem in Israel. The Babi Yar Memorial honors the greatest massacre of the Holocaust. Works Cited • Shlapentokh, Dmitry. “Babi Yar.” Modern Age 55.1-2 (2013): 121+. Literary Resource Center. Internet. March 26, 2014.• Fox, Ray E. Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Secure the Future. Teaneck, NJ: Ergo Media Inc, 1990.• Hartman, Geoffrey H. Holocaust Remembrance: The Shapes of Memory. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1994. Print. Kelly, Janis. “A Holocaust Remembrance Program.” Out of our backs 12.7 (1982): 19.