We Must Never Forget

Located on 1532 South 3rd street, there is a museum entitled the C.A.N.D.L.E. holocaust museum and education center. This museum tells of the terrible events of the holocaust. However, it centers around a woman named Eva Kor, who founded the museum in 1995. Eva Kor was an Auschwitz prisoner with her twin sister Miriam. Together they were subject to terrible experiments by Nazi doctors. While visiting, I saw a little room inside the museum that had various items that looked as if they had been burned. The man giving me a brief tour informed me that in 2003, someone had firebombed the original museum and destroyed most of the contents inside. Then he told me that the entire Terre Haute community gathered together to help rebuild the museum. This is an important statement about the people of Terre Haute. Not only are the people of Terre Haute not as apathetic as some may think, but they also have a sense of community value. With the help of the people in Terre Haute, Eva Kor rebuilt the museum and still teaches visitors about the atrocities of prejudice. One of the key philosophies that Eva discusses is the ability to forgive. I am told that she has forgiven the Nazis for their role in altering her life as a young child. However, as is stated on a painting inside the museum, forgiving is not forgetting.