The national war museum is home to some of the greatest world war I & II artifacts. They have relics ranging from clothing to tanks. They even have a model of the atomic bomb dropped on Japan in WWII on leave from the United States.
One very interesting exhibit is the Life at Home exhibit. It is dedicated to showing the life of those who where here in England during WWII. I has on display house and replicas of the Anderson forts (small bomb shelters) that were built to protect people. It has old videos about how to put out fire bombs and put on gas masks. It is an amazing exhibit.
Just up stairs is the Holocaust exhibit. It follows the time line of Hitlers reign. It was very unsettling and amazing what they did. Two of the most interesting points that i found were first, the superstitions that surrounded the Jews in all countries, second, the pseudo science of dominant race that permeated every country including the United States. The Jews were believed to practice magic and performed all kinds of dark rituals including child bleeding. This just gave an insight as to how a nation could easily turn on the Jews. They had a pseudo science of measuring eye color, head size, extra to determine if one was of a good design and should be allowed to procreate. There were even restrictive laws in the states. It is no wonder then how Hitler came up with some of these ideas and just carried them off the cliff.
After the War Museum we went to War Horse that night. This is a great production about the horrors of war through the eyes a horse and his boy. It shows some of the tension world war I cause and how it really was a stupid war. The hall mark of this play is the main character(the horse) is played as a three man puppet, which is all-together captivating. In the end, though separated and changing sides, the horse and his boy finally meet up and return safely home. It was a great production.
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