To Gary and Richard Lester,
I watched "Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo" and I was fascinated by the story it revealed. The beginning was charming, and it helped show the contrast between Warsaw before, during, and after the war. The pictures and sound effects really helped set the mood based on the time and place of the story. In my opinion, “Safe Haven” was a beautiful documentary film filled with details and, unlike several documentary films I’ve watched, it had feeling.
The film, through its quotes and pictures, helps people,
both Holocaust survivors and the later generations, to feel what the
life of those who lived in the Warsaw ghetto must have been like.
American children today liken Holocaust Memorial Day to their Memorial
Day, but my parents and I believe that the two holidays have nothing
in common. The Holocaust was a massive murder of not only one nation,
but millions of innocents, especially Jews, and the part in the film
about the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto brings that out. Never was
there anything like the holocaust, and we hope with all our might there
never will be.
I admire the courage of the Zabinski family. Most non-Jewish
families didn’t do anything to help the victims of the Holocaust in fear
of their lives. The Zabinskis, on the other hand, seemed to realize that
though there was much at stake; it was worth it if they managed to save
lives.
Bye,
Gaya, 5th grade, Ein-Ganim
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