Freedom Writers - visit to the Museum of Tolerance (Simon Wiesenthal Center), Los Angeles

[nic]

Fun Fact: The Holocaust members in the film, who eat dinner at the Marriot, are the actual survivors who dined with the Freedom Writers.

[TVegaC]

"my little boy died" right in the feels

[jenniferbello]

We had a Holocaust survivor come to our middle school to talk about her story. Even though you would think people would have the brains to be respectful, during the time we could ask questions about six different kids asked her if she ever met Hitler. Some laughed when they asked. As time passes we were so lucky to have her presence and have the honor to hear her story. She didn't deserve that kind of disrespect.
Edit to clarify: This happened almost seven years ago so I don't remember her name but I do remember her story and how heartbreaking everything she told us was.

[marissarivera]

I went there last year when i was in 8th grade. It was one of the most emotional experience of my life. The card i got, the little girl was seven and she died. My heart just droped.

[nerinedonre]

Alejandro's face after saying "he was only five" made me cry😭

[project]

1:50 - 2:10 broke me. He relized that there was other people such as his innocent child was killed by the Nazis after getting off the train.

[zakkizer]

I love how that our main characters don’t speak during this scene, it allows them and the audience to just absorb the power of the museum

[dreamersleaze]

I went to the museum of tolerence... I got a little girl aged 8 with dreams of being a Hollywood star she was a young Shirley Temple... She died after Auschwitz on a train... I bawled my eyes out i will never forget that trip

[Cc-gvtp]

If kids were taught this kind of thing in school from a young age all over the world we might have a chance to wipe out hate. What's happening to this world is crazy, all the millions of people in all the wars died in vain because we haven't learnt. We are still fighting. Heart breaking :(

[arturojuarezgamingchannel]

I have to be honest Everytime I see this movie I realize how some teacher keep their word and never give up on there students at all. Even when students just feel like giving up the teachers will not let them give up and have them graduate

[marijacolak]

She tought them compassion and to see that they are not alone in their suffering... I also want to be like that...

[lyricalmusiccentral]

This scene gets me all the time. That visit was something I will never forget.

[ShadowCammando]

The part they gets me the most is the end quote “I can’t believe Mrs. G did all this for us.” She did it because she truly cared for her students and she never gave up on them. ❤️

[SilverRadiant]

love this movie. I'll never forget this one.

[absolutezerokiryu]

I won't cry. I'm strong. I can do this.

"My little boy died.."
*Cries profusely*

[ImNotAMaidL]

Man i remember seeing this as a teenager and absorbing the message but it never really hit me hard. Even now as an adult i go back and watch it for inspiration and motivation but now that I’m a older, it all just hits so much harder. Age really leaves us more vulnerable and aware of what more awful things went on than we were teens. It rips my heart in half.

[brutusglock]

Wish they made a museum like this to teach about what natives been through in residential school or for African Americans what they went through for slavery

[_abiba_]

I went to a museum like that. I got a 10 year old polish girl. She died in the camps from a disease

[BrooklynMcupkiller]

This movie inspired me to be a teacher. I wanted to be the kind of teacher who keeps the lesson interesting, but more I wanted to be a teacher who listens to my students as much as they could listen to me. Be able to know where one student excels, where another has trouble, and be able to adjust my help accordingly. Find their passion and encourage it. Give my attention and my aid if they need to tell me any trouble outside my class, or even outside the school. It's gonna be difficult to get to that place, but I've started my first year of college on the path.

[cecysanchez]

i met a holocaust survivor a few days ago at a Ralph’s store . I saw his number tattoos & i went up to him & i asked him how he got that (i knew already, i had no idea how to approach him without being rude) & he asked me if i knew a place named auschwitz & i said yes. he told me he was there for 3 years. I didn’t get his name and didn’t get much information after that. I cried and I hugged him & told him I was sorry that this happened to him & he is very strong. Every movie I saw, everything i’ve read and learned & it was in front of me. I couldn’t believe it, it was truly a beautiful treasured moment for me .