Survivors Stories From Auschwitz Essay

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Survivors’ Stories from Auschwitz During World War 2, thousands of Jews were deported to concentration camps. One of the most famous camps in Europe was Auschwitz concentration camp. From all of the people sent to this concentration camp only a small amount of people survived. These survivors all will be returning to Auschwitz to celebrate 70 years after liberation. Irene Fogel Weiss Irene Fogel Weiss was born in Czechoslovakia (present-day Ukraine) in the year 1930. During Irene’s childhood, the Hungarians were allied with the Nazis and the town she lived in had just become a part of Hungary. Her father’s business was confiscated, Irene could no longer attend school, and her family was deported to Auschwitz. At Auschwitz, Leah, Irene’s mother, was gassed along with Irene’s smaller siblings. Irene will be returning to Auschwitz for the third and last time. Mordechai Ronen Mordechai Ronen was born in Dej, Transylvania (present-day Romania) in 1933. When Mordechai was only eleven years old, the jewish families in his town were rounded up along …show more content…

Before being deported, Joseph worked as a trained tailor. Joseph Mandrowitz was deported to Majdanek, a torture camp, and ended up working for the Schutzstaffel, also known as SS officers. He was later deported to Auschwitz. At Auschwitz, Joseph was showered, shaved, disinfected, and tattooed the number 128164. One day Joseph helped himself to tomatoes, and was beaten so bad he was sent to a hospital. At the hospital, he was given a 4-5 day recovery limit. If he did not heal by that time, he would be sent to Birkenau to be gassed. Joseph did not recover on time. He was sent to Birkenau where he met Dr. Mengele. Dr. Mengele must have seen the working potential in him that he sent him back to the hospital to recover completely. In Treblinka, Joseph’s entire family was killed. After the war, he moved to the U.S. Joseph will be revisiting Auschwitz for the last

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