Butterfly Project: "Homesick"

"Homesick" by Anonymous

I've lived in the ghetto here for more than a
   year,
In Terezin, in the black town now,
And when I remember my old home so dear,
I can love it more than I did, somehow.

Ah, home, home,
Why did they tear me away?
Here the weak die easy as a feather
And when they die, they die forever.

I'd like to go back home again,
It makes me think of sweet spring flowers.
Before, when I used to live at home,
It never seemed so dear and fair.

I remember now those golden days...
But maybe I'll be going there soon again.

People walk along the street,
You see at once on each you met
That there's ghetto here,
A place of evil and of fear.
There's little to eat and much to want,
Where bit by bit, it's horror to live.
But no one must give up!
The world turns and times change.

Yet we all hope the time will come
When we'll go home again.
Now I know how dear it is
And often I remember it.

I commented on Andrew R's, Jackson's, Jack's, Hazelle's, and Luis's butterflies

The Berlin Memorial

Most of what I learned was the types of restrictions that were put into effect and possibly why. Before this activity I didn't know that Jews weren't allowed to have some foods or that even their houses had to have a yellow star. Around the time the house and star decree was in effect, Jews couldn't be in courts testified against Germans. Nazis could also ransack your home and send your family to a ghetto with nothing in return. Both normal Germans and Nazis could attack you and you're family and get away with it.

I believed this monument was made to remember two things: the atrocities committed by the Nazi party and the deaths of millions of Jews and "undesirables." Memorials exist to remind us of the past. They can be made after great people or to remember fateful events such as the Holocaust. To add to why this memorial was made, around fifty-five million died due to the Nazis. When that many died and a war took place to stop this, it's sensible to remember everyone from back then.

I noticed that some decrees and laws were introduced in big groups for every few years. Other years in between had few which were still impactful either way. Like Max said, this might be because before the Nazis were in power they had some laws already thought of. The reason why some years had few new laws was because they were new laws and the Nazi used their ideas in the past years. This could also be the result of fear of outside countries noticing the laws.

The restrictions that would impact me most would be all food restrictions. Jews weren't allowed to buy or eat/drink milk, eggs, bread, or bakeries sweets. These restrictions were decrees put into effect of different times of 1942. This would impact me because if I was Jewish, I'd eat less. Eggs are an ingredient for some recipes and and a food I eat time to time. Then there's bread and milk which are perfect together. Also imagine cereal without milk or any pastries or bread treats without milk. Being a food fanatic, this would definitely impact me.