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I thought I understood the Holocaust — until I walked through Auschwitz

JL;DR SUMMARY Dahlia Crawford, an Afro-Latina high school junior, shares her transformative experience visiting Auschwitz with Success Academy charter schools. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryAuschwitzHolocaustPersonal ReflectionEducationGenocideRemembranceSuccess AcademyDahlia Crawford

Places mentioned

Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"That changed the moment I walked into Auschwitz, a participant in an inaugural trip for students from Success Academy charter schools."
New York City, New York, United States
"As an Afro-Latina high school junior from Success Academy High School for the Liberal Arts in New York City, I didnt come to Holocaust history through family stories or religious tradition."
Poland
"Before I traveled to Poland at the end of November, the Holocaust felt distant to me."

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