Informative Speech On Holocaust

We all know that life in the concentration camps was horrendous. But how would real holocaust survivors describe it. Well that’s what I’m here to do I’m here to tell you their stories straight from their time at the concentration camps. Today we have information from three different holocaust survivors. Each person tells their story in their own unique way from an article to a small book or a picture. What was the impact of the holocaust on Jews and other people? How the holocaust affected the Jews, how it affected other people, and how it affected families. First of all, the main goal was to eradicate all Jews the Jewish was probably affected the most. Not only were millions murdered but hundreds were forced to work till the day of their death. They were severely underfed and malnourished as shown by the photograph by an unknown author. The picture was taken on April 16 of 1945 the picture shows a group of men but one man is focused on the most. The man’s name is unknown but you can see each and every bone in his body, around where his belly button is it looks as if someone cinched his waist with a belt. Now imagine working in a labor camp with a body composition like

If you were seen as less than perfect you were most likely killed. Everyone had to worry about if they would live to see the next day or if today would be their last day in this world. As stated by the memoir by Elie Wiesel “My head was spinning: you are too skinny … you are too weak … you are too skinny, you are good for the ovens …” (Elie Wiesel). Whenever it was time to do selections on who would live and who would die that very thought probably crossed every person’s mind. If they were deemed strong enough to work they would be sent to labor camps. Elie Wiesel was deemed strong enough to work so he got transferred to Kommando which is construction he worked for 12 hours a day hauling heavy slabs of