Recently the Honors classes took a field trip to learn about the Holocaust. The play the students saw was called "Irena's Vow." It was a great
experience to be able to understand the Holocaust story from a different perspective.
Sophomore Yarely Martinez said, “My favorite part of the play was when the
lady helped the Jews that were going to get killed.” It was very emotional to see everything the woman had to do in order to save their lives. She
had to lie so much just so she could save her friends. Mrs. Kayla Gilgenbach,
an English teacher at Messmer, said, "It was based on a true story."
Going to this play
was a really shocking experience. Jocelyn Alcantar, a sophomore, said,
"Now I think about what I have because you never know what's going to
happen the next day." It makes you realize everything the families had to
go through in order to survive. Mrs. Gilgenbach added, "My favorite part was meeting a
Holocaust survivor...it all made the Holocaust realistic." He had a lot of stories to tell
about all the experiences he had.
Mrs. Gilgenbach says, "The students gained knowledge about what effect the Holocaust had and who was affected. It is
important for students to understand what happened in the Holocaust."
--Contributed by sophomores Jessica Gregorio and Gabriela Moreno
