Maddie Heineman- 1st Reflection

So far on this journey there have been several tests, not just as a journalist but as a person. Visiting sites like the euthanasia center and now both Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück has had such an emotional impact and it is hard to find the best way to represent that. When I am going around asking questions and trying to find more details to cover I find the answers to be even worse than the questions. So many atrocities happened in these places, how does our documentary team show that? How can we be sensitive, yet make an impact? I guess this is an ethical dilemma journalists have to deal with everyday, but to me, the Holocaust is so much bigger than all of us. I think finding those hard answers are essential, recognizing pure evil is constant, and we have to find compassion in how we tell the stories of the Holocaust. I always try to remember that everyone has a story to tell, so in this I hope to share someone's story that longs to be heard.