How can we understand the horror of hatred,
if we don't reflect upon it?
How will hope grow if we don't work to nurture it?
Here is a place for us to share what we've experienced.
Add your artwork, your poetry, your story...your voice.
HopeGarden is built by you. It only grows
if you send your reflections to it.
Speak to the world,
publish your work in...
HOPEGARDEN
"Why
are they doing this?
What have we done?..."
As quoted from a poem submitted to
HopeSite
by
Greg
Watkinson, Harpenden, England
What
is hope?by Miriam P |
Years have passed... by Ines Marie Jimenez |
|
Hear
the song “Shoah" (The song can be found about halfway down Paula's page) by Paula Kirman |
Many
spirits, souls and lives were lost... A student poem |
| Night
and Dawn by Bryan W |
Why
Oh Why by Kelly M |
|
For
all the girls and guys... by Alyssa |
It
was 1939 by Ben M |
|
A million names, Each
with a face... by Miriam P |
Why? |
| "Child
of the Holocaust" by Andrew Chang Rowland Heights, California |
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| Horrible
nightmares still remain in my head.. by Melissa, Watertown N.Y |
"We need to be careful when we say that this could never happen to us..." |
| If
someone helped out . . . A moving poem by Alina from Dallas, Texas |
Silence,
light, peace A student writes from the University of Denver |
| Was
it a beautiful day? A poem written by two girls when 11 and 12 years old |
We
innocently believe... |
| About Hate
on the Internet Suggestions by a student from Vancouver Island, BC |
Freedom
Awaits by Jamie E, when in grade 7 |
| Somedays I try
to ponder... by Adrienne, a college student from Saginaw, Michigan |
Hitler came |
| Racism Written by Liana M when in gr 7 |
Auschwitz-Birkenau by Patrick Simpson, wrtten at age 15 |
You are invited to publish in the HopeGarden
Here's how
After listening to Holocaust survivors speak at our Holocaust Education Symposium,
high school students felt moved to write to them. Here's a selection of their thoughts
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