Thanks to the Allies... by Seamus

One person can do so many great things but if they choose they can also destroy many things. This is the path that Adolf Hitler took. I was just at a place of destruction, one where over one million people were killed just because they were different. Auschwitz was the first place that I have been to where everyone was respectful and almost completely quiet. The only people who talked were the tour guides. I could hear as they spoke they stuttered because every time we would go into a different room it would become harder and harder to speak because you knew in every single room there was suffering beyond belief. In Obama’s Inaugural speech he said “you are not measured by what you can tear down but by what you can build.” The Nazis chose to tear down so they could build the “Ultimate Race”. The “Allied” side said “no” to Hitler’s plans. Many prisoners fought hard, even though most of them knew what their fate would be. The Allies fought so places like Auschwitz and all of the camps would never exist again and that bad people like the Nazis would be defeated. Everyone should be able to live free. My family has the chance to go to Europe for a year and see different cultures. Who knows if we would be here writing to you if the Allies weren’t successful in their efforts?