Oppression During The Holocaust

“Don’t forget, tell the world” (Sher np). We as humans seem fascinated when learning about the oppression of people such as jews during the moments that we were not here to experience. Oppression is known as the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner (“Oppression” np). To start off the holocaust was a very harsh time of abuse and tyranny for many, especially ones whom were Jewish, or second class citizens. With laborious days of work, rough living conditions, and unfair treatment, it is safe to say that this time period was very impacting. Forced labor and treatment of Jews under the Nazi rule during the Holocaust was without question an unjust manner. The plans of the Nazi ruling at the beginning of that year

While on the subject of visible oppression, the jews that were dealing with the tyranny of this time period may have not even been mentally stable enough. There is no proof to whether they were completely sane. Furthermore, considering their tough living conditions, it is very likely they could have been physically effected too. Therefore, forcing these people to work was torture for most, to say the least. For example, some of the misery they were put through was to cut down trees, dig up hills, and filled in trenches (Sher np). Not everyone is capable of doing all of that work which also, like many other things, caused oppression to

As said by a women survior, “‘I thought they would kill everyone, and if anyone survived they would be cursed.’ ‘but I still had some hope that I might escape’” (Losanskaya qtd in Women Record Their Accounts of the Holocaust np). This proves that it was all Jews that were being threatened and harmed, not just certain people, just men, etc. This women dealt with an equal amount of pressure to survive. If anything they had more stress on them than the men did because they worried more about keeping their families safe. Considering the circumstances, it was very unlawful to make women and other suffer just from being forced to work. Most women, however do not have the same strength that men do to sustain the same actions. By bringing up this point, it is proving that there were tough times for everyone. As said in a passage about Jewish forced labor, “Those no longer capable of work were seized and promptly executed” (Ferencz 12). This puts pressure and stress for women because of what they were expected to do. Going back to how they do not have the same capacibiity most of the time as men, that is an unfair punishment to automatically executed. Was that really a reasonable punishment? Some argue that the Nazi campaign seemed biased when lawmaking against the jews, specifically, in Germany (Hilberg 1). This is possible that there was discrimination and it could have affected decisions