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“The Last Days” was a fascinating movie. I was surprised I ended up learning so much about The Holocaust and am glad the movie taught me many new things, as well as refreshed my mind on some things I had previously forgotten. In the video, Tom told us how he was caught with out his yellow star, which he had to wear to signify his Jewish heritage. Because of this, he was put into a labor camp, which he escaped from and joined the Hungarian Underground, of which I know nothing, though I plan to learn about it. I was shocked that Irene’s neighbors turned on the Jews of their town. As the Jews were being gathered up and marched out of their homes, she told us that shouts of “About time!” and “We don’t need any Jews in this town,” were heard. Later in the movie, Irene went to see her childhood home. Her neighbor remembered her and was very nice to her, which I was angry about because of their previous disloyalty. The Germans were very cruel yet clever in their rounding up and shipping off of the Jews. If there was any doubt in one’s Jewish heritage, they would check for circumci