Think MTV

As reported in today's Boston Herald, the Think MTV website has two videos that portray holocaust scenarios playing out in modern settings to show young people the reality and gravity of the past.

Though it seems unthinkable for anyone old enough to be on the internet to not know about the holocaust, these 30-second videos offer a modern perspective to the atrocities of the past.

In the first, shown below, commuters are abruptly forced off the subway and aggressively organized by armed men on the train platform. The second shows a family being forced from their home and into the back of a truck by the same machine-gun-wielding men.

The most striking thing about both videos is that at the end the action freezes and transforms into a real picture of holocaust victims in the same position, followed by a white screen with large black letters that read: "The holocaust happened to people like us."

I don't feel like Think MTV has had as big of an impact as it could and should, but the pieces it puts together to raise all kinds of awareness, from discrimination to politics and environmental issues, are poignant and should be paid more attention.

The site is very user-friendly and interactive, as viewers can become members, upload their own videos and pictures, and start their own blog or discussion.