Essay On Westerbork

Did you know that not only was there concentration camps,but also transit camps? One of these transit camps was Westerbork. Westerbork was located in the Netherlands in the summer of 1939. The first train arrived on July 15th and left the camp in July 16th. There were schools for orphans and activities for Jews if they had money. The first destination was Auschwitz, where 6,000 Dutch Jews were deported. Jews had to select other Jews for certain death. Transportations stopped in September 1944. Westerbork was a famous known camp used to take Jews to their deaths faiths. Many people died during the Holocaust and the Museum of Tolerance helped us see the life of Anne Frank and life during the holocaust.

Westerbork was located in Netherland in the Summer of 1939 when the Dutch established it. The Dutch opened it in the summer because they wanted to receive the Jewish refugees coming from Germany. The first refugees arrived in Westerbork on October 9, 1939. Even if the Dutch created the camp Germany took over it on July 1,1942.

Furthermore, Westerbork was created and established by the Dutch, but was taken over by the German.

The first Jews to aboard the train was on July 15th and left in July 16th. Those who were on the train were the first selected Jews which were 1,135. Mostly all the people who came to this camp were Jews who came from Germany. In early 1942 the Germans enlarged the camp. To sum up, the camp was used for the Jews who came from Germany so they could be deported to death camps.

There was activities for Jews who had the money and schools for kids who didn't come with their family's. There were schools and orchestra, which a group of Dutch artists had to cheer up the people there. If a prisoner had enough money they were allowed to buy goods that were hard to get in those times. " The Nazis seemed to always leave just a little hope for survival." Lots of Jews thought they would have the same conditions in the camps of Poland.

Jews had to select their own blood and flesh for certain death. Transportations to the camp were every Tuesday. Before Tuesday everyone was in a panic for the selection if they weren't selected they had a week of rest before the next selection. Some Jews did the selection because they were afraid of being deported themselves.Lots of Jews were selected and killed by other Jews and sometimes they would think they were going to survive until they made another selection they knew they were next.

Westerbork served as a transit camp from 1942 to 1944. When the allies took over they let go of 900 prisoners that remained in the camp.The camp was totally destroyed after the liberation.Nothing remains but the monument remembering the people that consist of a railroad track which ends in a twisted form and points up to the sky. No one will forget how many people died during this time in the camp, but, this memorial shows that no more trains can take people to their death.

One of the more well-known victims of the Holocaust is Anne Frank. She was a Jew who lived in Amsterdam. Her story is well known because of the diary she left behind. The Holocaust exhibit that we visited at the Museum of Tolerance helps people to understand genocide so that in the future genocide that happened in the past can be prevented. When we entered the room behind the secret passage of the Annex and saw her live on the walls I felt like I was really there talking to her listening to her life and struggles. During the holocaust many groups were victims of Genocide some were Jews, disabled people, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals. Government's will say that this is probably the last act of genocide, but, only when can prevent that from happening and the Museum of Tolerance really helped us realize all types of genocide that has happened and us the new generation of people can stop it from repeating.

Westerbork was a transit camp used to send Jewish refugees to death camps.

Millions were chosen by the own Jews to be boarded on trains and sent to places like Auschwitz. This camp was destroyed in 1944 never to be used again.Westerbork was located in Netherland in the summer of 1939. The first train arrived on July 15th and left the camp on July 16th. There were schools for orphans and activities for Jews if they had money. The first destination was Auschwitz, where 6,000 Dutch Jews were deported. Jews had to select other Jews for certain death. Transportations stopped in September 1944. Even though the camp was destroyed, we will never forget the people who suffered their and the railroad tracks that stopped this horror in memorial of those who lost loved ones. In conclusion, the holocaust was a dreadful event that took the lives of many innocent people like the Jews and we can prevent terrible things like this to happen

again.