As our world evolves, technological advances allow information to spread across the Internet. Likewise, the World Memory Project uses the Internet to promote Holocaust remembrance, and people are starting to use forms of social media to spread the word among people. There are ways in which Facebook users can “share” or “like” the Holocaust Museum Facebook page or “share” someone's experience that is in some way related to the Holocaust. Similarly, on Twitter you can participate in a “virtual” reading of names by “tweeting the names of people who died during the Holocaust.” (http://www.ushmm.org/remember/days-of-remembrance/more-ways-da-ricordare) Around the world there are many ways to share information, whether by word of mouth or through specific projects. Another great way that information related to the Holocaust is distributed and remembered is through different types of art, whether books, films, photographs or paintings. Books, both fiction and nonfiction, are works of art that capture the author's feelings and memories. Literary works relating to the Holocaust are exceptional in describing the impact the event had on the author or characters in the book. The large amount of books that have been written about the Holocaust varies enormously. These books allow you to hear and remember the stories of survivors and victims. Each book is a different story with a different perspective and purpose of the Holocaust; no two books will necessarily be the same. For example, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank reveals to readers the thoughts and feelings of a young Jewish girl who hid with her fa...... middle of paper ...... smearing those who were affected during this period. Likewise, in the numerous museums around the world there are just as many memorials. These memorials were created and are constantly visited to pay respect to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Many famous monuments include the Babi Yar Memorial in Ukraine and Yad Vashem in Israel. The Babi Yar memorial commemorates the largest mass shooting of the Holocaust. Works Cited • Shlapentokh, Dmitrij. "Babi Yar." Modern Age 55.1-2 (2013): 121+. Literary Resource Center. Network. March 26, 2014.• Fox, Ray E. Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Secure the Future. Teaneck, NJ: Ergo Media Inc, 1990. • Hartman, Geoffrey H. Remembering the Holocaust: Forms of Memory. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1994. Print.Kelly, Janis. “A Holocaust Commemoration Programme.” Off our backs 12.7 (1982): 19.
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