Explaining my NHD project to my sister:

The theme was rights and responsibilities. I almost immediately knew I wanted to do something with the Holocaust and concentration camps. After 5th grade I have always thought the topic World War II  was really interesting. I narrowed the topic down to the lasting impressions the survivors had after their time in the camp Buchenwald. The survivors had lasting impressions because of what they experienced in the camp. They were put in Buchenwald because they believed something other than what the Nazis believed. After they were forced to be imprisoned, they were starved, forced to work, undergo medical experiments, and some just killed; Their human rights deprived. All of that just because they believed something different! In 1945 the prisoners took control of the camp by overpowering the officers. The prisoners that escaped had scarring memories. It affected them for the rest of their lives. What I learned specifically is that not only prisoners in Buchenwald were scarred. In 1945, just after the camp was taken over by the prisoners, the ally armies came in to liberate the camp. These soldiers in the ally armies were also greatly effected by the sights they saw. The events that happened in Buchenwald were so terrible that people that didn't even go through it, were effected for the rest of their life. 

My topic is the neglected rights of the prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. My thesis is: Not only did the horrific experiences of Buchenwald impact the prisoners during their time in the camp, but left lasting impressions on the survivors. The survivors were so negatively impacted because of the torture they experienced in Buchenwald. They were forced to be imprisoned because their beliefs differed from the Nazis. After they were imprisoned they were forced to work, have medical experiments tested on them, or killed. All these things completely deprived them from their human rights. When the camp was overthrown by a prisoner resistance group and ally armies, the survivors left with lasting impressions from all the horrors they faced inside Buchenwald. Not only did the prisoners have emotional scars, but also soldiers that helped liberate them.