Today was the worst day ever! This morning when I got to school the other kids said that it was closed, for good. All because we were Jews. Everyone else was celebrating, but I was upset. I loved to read and learn, but they took that away from me. Later, the parks, swimming pools, libraries, and cinemas turned into "no Jews allowed" areas too. It felt like everything was being taken away from us, one by one. When I saw the Germans outside I was afraid, afraid that something might happen to my family. Everyone in the town was outside watching the Germans march into Poland. After watching them for a while, a women beside me said "The Nazis won't be so bad...I remember the Germans from World War 1. They were very nice people." But …show more content…
I can't beleive that they are marking us! Branding us like cattle! Another thing that was in the set o new rules was that all Jews had to be off the streets by 9:00pm. We don't have enough money to leave, but I don't know how long I can take this. Today my brother and my nephew showed up to my store, in secret so that the Nazis didn't see or hear them. After they helped with the shop I gave them 3 sacks of bread each. A while later, I asked my brother, Moshe, if he had any new news about the war. He said that he had heard that it's been 17 days since Germany invaded the Soviet union, and that Poland had been split right down the middle. The Soviet union invaded the east and Germany had the west. At this rate I think the war could go either way. Today the Nazis took all the rest of the Jews, including me, to a concentration camp while we were all at work. I was loaded onto a truck, and deported to the Plaszów Concentration Camp. When we all got off the truck we were ordered to take off all of our clothes and put on prisoner uniforms. After all of that, we were all marched to the camp's tailor shop by a kapo. A kapo was a prisoner that was put in charge of other prisoners by the Nazis, so they wouldn't have to deal with us all of the …show more content…
Three days prior to this move we were all starved and put on boxcars to decrease the number of people. In Trzebinia Concentration Camp our job was to move a bunch of rocks.I don't know what for, but everytime one of us stopped to take a breather that person would get beat up. Today when everyone went to roll call the Nazis told us that we had to walk all the way to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The walk took about 12 days, I think, I lost count after a while. While we were on this dreadful march, I saw a boy, about my age, getting ready to calapse. I helped him walk for 2 days, but no one else wanted to help. On the last day an old man, who could barley walk himself, offered to help me carry the boy. Rumors were going around, in Dachau Concentration Camp, that the war was finally coming to an end. The camp was in chaos, some days we didn't even have role call. While everyone in the barracks, trying to sleep, we all heard the sound of explosions. They started shaking the barracks so, like all the other prisoners, I covered my head with my hands. In the morning, we all looked outside and saw American soldiers. Finally, we were
I really learned how hard it was for all the Jews in the holocaust. They will never be forgotten.
My friend Carl was attending a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg. He went to a rocky corner of the battlefield filled with boulders, called Devil’s Den, to take a picture of the battlefield. He took out his camera and as he was about to take the picture, he heard a voice say, “What you’re looking for is over there.” Carl looked up and saw a man who resembled a hippie, wearing a floppy hat, no shoes and had long hair, pointing somewhere in the distance. Carl looked to see where the man was pointing, and when he looked back the man was nowhere in sight.
Throughout history, Jews have been persecuted in just about every place they have settled. Here I have provided just a small ...
Imagine the worst torture possible. Now imagine the same thing only ten times worse; In Auschwitz that is exactly what it was like. During the time of the Holocaust thousands of Jewish people were sent to this very concentration camp which consisted of three camps put into one. Here they had one camp; Auschwitz I; the main camp, Auschwitz II; Birkenau, and last is Auschwitz III; Monowitz. Each camp was responsible for a different part but all were after the same thing; elimination of the Jewish race. In these camps they had cruel punishments, harsh housing, and they had Nazi guards watching them and killing them on a daily basis.
Imagine when you were a little child, your whole family was taken from you by people who forced themselves into your country and took you to a concentration camp. While you were at this camp you watched your family members starve to skin and bone. As a young child you saw people shot on the spot, babies head’s bashed out and young mother’s separated from their young children. When the Americans finally came to liberate you you immediately want to celebrate with your family members but learn that they are all dead. You spend the rest of your life living with the thought that your whole family is dead and it is all the Nazis fault. How would you feel to know that some of the surviving Nazis are still out there living a free life and getting away with all of the crimes they help put in motion?
To begin with, Jews were stripped of their identity when “every Jew had to wear the yellow star”(Wiesel 11). They were forced to wear the yellow badge in order to be identified as a jew. From then on new edicts were being issued, they no longer had the right to go to restaurants or cafes, travel by rail, attend the synagogue, or to be on the street after six o’clock in the evening. Little by little their rights began to be taken away, they no longer had privileges or freedom. Soon thereafter they were
Jewish people weren’t the only ones sent to concentration camps. People such as people with disabilities, Homosexuals, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, and Socialists (Byers.p.12). Everyone that was sent to concentration camps was sent via train cars (www.historychannel.com). They had no food, water, or restrooms for up to 18 days. Many people died from the lack of food and water (Byers, p.15).
The Holocaust tends to be a bitter memory and an unpleasant subject to discuss. Although this event took place many years ago, repercussions are still present in the twenty first century. Especially in Germany, the Holocaust not only influences patriotism, but it also influences education and immigration policies. In contrast to other countries where nationalism is common, Germany has been forced to lessen the sense of nationalism in order to dispose false beliefs some individuals have of German racism. By allowing people from other countries to become German citizens, Germany avoids transmitting the sense of being a better and a cleaner race. A further sector influenced by the Holocaust is the education system. Approaches to teach about this event are difficult since the Holocaust is a sensitive issue and continues having vital importance in numerous families. Although the Holocaust continues conveying negative influences, the Holocaust also led to positive medical and technological improvements. In fact, numerous improvements are unknowingly implemented in societies today. Therefore, the Holocaust is one of the most horrific and influencing events in history whose repercussions are still felt in Germany today. However, in spite of the horrific occurrences, the associated medical findings and technological improvements make it intricate to look at the Holocaust as plainly evil. Thus, societies should view the Holocaust with a broader perspective.
My name is Eva Berlinski. I’m only 13 years old and I was brought up
One cold, snowy night in the Ghetto I was woke by a screeching cry. I got up and looked out the window and saw Nazis taking a Jewish family out from their home and onto a transport. I felt an overwhelming amount of fear for my family that we will most likely be taken next. I could not go back to bed because of a horrid feeling that I could not sleep with.
anymore. I was just a Jew. He put the blame on me and my people for war and everything bad. He made mean men come and place yellow stars on us so everyone knew who we were. People started treating me bad when they saw that. My mother and father and the other grown ups were banned from their rights such as owning businesses, government service, and marrying citizens that weren't Jewish.. In November of 1938, they found enjoyment in the destruction of our synagogues, our homes, and our businesses in Kristallnacht. Then after that is when I was banned from going to school and I was no longer allowed in places like grocery stores and barber shops. All because I was a Jewish child. Then one night, I was taken to a horrible place. It was so dehumanizing
We were traveling thought all the beautiful places and cities in the country. During our vacation, one day we stopped at a restaurant in a small town. As we were eating, my 16-year-old cousin said to me hurry up, finish your meal and we’ll go play outside. I was a little boy just turned six years. I was excited to go play outside with my cousin, so I was the first one to finish with my meal.
I’m only 17 years old and it’s only the 1940s. Living in Germany I’m stressed out as if I have a thousand homework papers not started that are due tomorrow. my religion had put me in a state of trouble with some soldiers in green suits I dread to say their name but they go by the Nazi I was under their control because I wasn’t perfect I didn’t have the blue eyes or the blonde hair so they hated me worst of all I am a Jew and they wanted all Jews dead. I don’t understand why we are harmless people but rumors be told is that because Hitler believes we started ww1 and engineered Germanys defeat. Hitler is the boss the big man the devil over all the madness. One day just like any other spotless day sitting in front of the fireplace drinking hot cocoa full of laughter we sat but today The Nazi soldiers rushed in our homes uninvited and forced us out only giving us a small minimum amount of time to pack our belongings. Knocking over our hot cocoa putting out the fire and turning the laughter into tears.
Little did he know, but My grandfather was about to attend to some of his last duties in the war. He was driving the medics My Dad told me his dad was never really comfortable talking about this, but there is one story he did tell him. The story about how my Grandfather was at the concentration camps Dachau and Treblinka. He saw how they treated the Jews, he saw the sights, he heard the cries, he smelled the smells. It was enough to a lot to endure, but my Grandfather served admirably despite the dirt, danger and
A Rabbi went up and gave a brief welcome speech and after that, six different people were escorted by different Rabbis to the stage. The individuals who came on stage were either Holocaust survivors or children of Holocaust survivors. They each said a few brief words and then lit a candle. I’ve read articles about the Holocaust and have had history lessons on it, but hearing words spoken about it from people who have lived through it, it was a completely different experience. It made it so real. Plus, it was my first time hearing about the Holocaust from someone who has had first-hand experience with it. That changed everything. After the second person sharing, I had tears rolling down my face. The pain of having their families killed and taken away, I couldn’t imagine the agony of what they went