On Feb. 2, Greenhill seventh-graders hopped on buses and headed to downtown Dallas for a field trip to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.
At the museum, students watched a video that included interviews with Holocaust survivors. A walk-through experience included the Holocaust wing, a Human Rights Wing and the Pivot to America Wing.
The tour ended with an immersive experience where students talked to a Holocaust survivor hologram and asked questions about the survivor’s experiences.
The survivor Greenhill seventh-graders interviewed was Eva Kor. She was a baby during the Holocaust and was used for medical experiments in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
“I always enjoy the trip to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum,” said seventh-grade English teacher Melanie Girard. “I have visited it five times now, and each time I feel like I am learning something new. The museum is top-notch and an important educational space in our city.”
The Holocaust and Human Rights Museum was founded in 1984 by Holocaust survivors. The museum hosts over 87,000 people a year and holds many field trips to schools around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Greenhill formed a partnership with the museum a few years ago.
The museum’s second part includes the Human Rights wing. This wing teaches people about civil wars such as the Mexican Revolution.
Students say they left the museum with important life lessons.
“I learned that you should never judge someone for who they are, like Hitler to the Jews,” said seventh-grader Ryder Lemkin.
