One of the books sophomores read is Elie Wiesel’s Night, a terrifying documentation of a young Jewish man’s experiences during the Holocaust. After having read the book, students in the Chris and Jennifer Davis’ humanities classes expanded their students knowledge of some of the atrocities committed at the time with a trip to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust on Thursday.

The museum serves as a place of remembrance for the victims of this horrific tragedy and gives people a glimpse into this very dark period of history. This will be the fourth year in a row the Davises did this trip. Students in Diana McGrath’s English four classes will also be going to the museum next month after finishing the book, as will students in Stephanie Sajjadieh’s class.

Upon arrival, the class was split into two groups, one that went to listen to a speaker/survivor and one that looked at various exhibits. Sophomore Derick Amabrsoomzadeh’s group did the latter first, as they examined images and objects that were prevalent at the time. “One of the most impressive things there was was a replica of the box cars that would be used to transport Jews to the concentration camps,” Amabrosoomzadeh said. “It really gave a feel of the true horror they must have felt. But the saddest part was this one room filled with a ton of holes and each one represented a Jewish baby that died and we were able to write notes to them and slip them down the holes.”

Afterwards, Ambarsoomzadeh’s group was taken upstairs into a room where they heard a Holocaust survivor tell them about her experiences. “She really gave us an in-depth look into the life of a Jew at the time and just how horrible it was. Overall, it was a really interesting trip even though it was really sad to see all these terrible things that happened,” Amabrosoomzadeh said. “But I’m glad we were kind of able to pay tribute to the lives that were lost, in a way.”