...“Justice and Liberty”. They were sent to Auschwitz Buna, a factory that created synthetic rubber and latex. After eleven astonishing months surviving as a laborer and a chemist inside Auschwitz, Primo Levi and the whole camp was saved by the Russian Army. Once Levi entered the camp his personal background and physical capabilities influenced the nature of his life in Auschwitz, as it did too for many other prisoners. Before World War II began Levi had just gotten a degree in chemistry in the University of Turin. In Auschwitz the Nazis opened a chemistry unit and with his professional background as chemist, Levi was sent to work there. This meant superior living conditions thereby increasing his chances of survival especially during the harsh winter. It is clear from Levis account that a prisoner’s physical condition, mental capacities and skill set were determining factors in...
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...Julius Paltiel, another Norwegian Jew as well as Steinmann survived the stay in Auschwitz, together with three others they would walk the death march together from Auschwitz. Although he survived, like so many other survivors, his family did not. When Paltiel finally came home to Trondheim in June of 1945, he returned home all alone. Julius was arrested and sent to Falstad Camp in Nord-Trøndelag,-this camp was created by the German Security Police, the SS to hold political prisoners. Among the Germans it would be called Strafgefangenlager Falstad. It was ready for operation in 1941, and in 1942 they would send about 50 Jews here; in 1942, at the age of eighteen. From here, Julius Paltiel would be sent to Auschwitz. Falstad was one of the most...
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...massive genocide. Different people were leading the killing and different groups of people were being killed, not only Jews. For instance, there were many doctors who ran tests on people, but didn't care if the patients were hurt or even killed, which they usually were. All surgeries were performed without any anesthetic. These are just a couple general things that happened during the Holocaust. There are so many things that happened in this time period that are impossible to imagine or just are too horrible to think about. The things about the Holocaust that I find the most unnerving are the torture and pain they put the “inferiors” through. The two main topics I feel are most serious or crucial are the medical experiments and their results and reactions on the patients. Also, the different camps, their strong points and general methods for killing used there. There are three camps that are familiar to me and I hear mentioned the most. They are Dachau, Treblinka, and of course, Auschwitz. The doctor who was most infamous for carrying out horrible experiments was Mengele. Dachau, Treblinka, and Auschwitz were three of the six concentration camps that were used for execution of Jews and other groups considered inferior. At Treblinka, 700,000 to over...
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...When people think of Auschwitz it takes them back to the horrific times of World War II, when this concentration camp was used to kill and harm individuals from all over Europe. Many were brought here for their deaths or punishments for being who they are. This was done from the start of World War II and didn’t conclude until the war was finally over in 1945. There was no particular reason for their harming and lives being taken besides the fact that the Adolf Hitler wanted them gone. Auschwitz wasn’t used for a concentration camp before the war. Political prisoners were the residents at first, but once the war started that all changed. It was divided into three camps and was the biggest concentration camp used during the war. Auschwitz was...
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...the situation. A Wave of Human Spirit The Holocaust presented a call to people everywhere to reevaluate the role of God in their lives. The pain and suffering that we know took place is in dark contrast to what we would have thought possible in the presence of our God, and anyone who comes in contact with these horrors will be forever shaken in his present faith. Some have reacted with anger toward God, others with denial. Still others reacted with mistrust of all that God had meant before. But by asking questions, some have grown to learn that God never did things the way people expect Him to, and that fact becomes the cornerstone of the new start to their theology. God does not answer questions unless they suit His purposes. This is what we have learned from Auschwitz and from the writings of Elie Wiesel. We must continue to ask questions, continue to challenge God, until, one day, He Himself will give us the answers. And until then we should never feel so secure in faith as to think that Auschwitz could never happen again. We must make certain, through our actions, which it will never happen again. A Wave of Human Spirit Wiesel thought of God before and during the Holocaust as both the protector and punisher of the Jewish people. Whatever had happened before, he had faith that it was for their good, or one of God's greater plans. Either way, he would accept God's will without questioning. When rumors of the Nazis' crimes first reached some of the outlying Jewish towns...
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...Haley Connell Evans 5th Hour 29April2013 Auschwitz; the World’s Largest Death Center “Before describing daily life in the concentration camps, it is necessary to take a broader look at the entire Nazi camp system. In all, there were more than nine thousand concentration camps: transit camps, prisoner-of-war camps, slave-labor camps, camps for “work-education,” camps for political prisoners, camps for police detention, camps for children whose parents were inmates of labor camps, and camps for killing. Six of these camps were primarily killing centers: Chelmno, Sobibor, Belzec, Treblinka, Majdenek, and Auschwitz. Auschwitz is the largest death center the world has ever seen” (Soumerai 171). Auschwitz was a terrible concentration camp because many people died and many people are still haunted by the memories. The concentration camp known as Auschwitz was established on May 20, 1940. Auschwitz was divided into three camps: Auschwitz 1, for resistance fighters; Buna, which was for slave laborers; and Birkenau, which housed the crematoria, medical laboratories, gas chambers, and barracks for the waiting victims (Soumerai 171). Built on approximately eighteen square miles of land that is located in Poland, the camp was “owned” by the Reich SS. In all, Auschwitz comprised three large camps. It was guarded by 6,000 men in twelve companies of SS Death’s Head Units (Soumerai 174). Auschwitz 1, a concentration camp for political prisoners and non-Jews, contained two- and...
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...Ashley Freeman Dr. Wallace English 1302 29 November 2013 Losing Faith There were a lot of Jewish people who had a large faith in humanity or in what we all called God and Elie Wiesel was one of them. Their faith in humanity ended up being lost during the second Great War, which is commonly known as War World II. Though, after the war and after they were saved by the Allies, little by little their faith in humanity and God slowly came back. Even the truest believers, like Elie Wiesel, can lose their faith in all of humanity and even who they call God, but once you are shown even a slightest bit of kindness, you can gain it all back. In the very beginning of Elie Wiesel’s novel, Night, based off his experiences during the World War II, all he wanted was someone to help him in his studies of the Kabbalah. Even though his father thought him to be too young that did not stop Elie from pursuing his dreams. He ended up finding a teacher for his studies of the Kabbalah in Moishe the Beadle. Elie was not the only Jewish child whose studies meant a lot to him. David Weiss Halivini was another child who had big dreams and an even larger faith. He had a dream of being a rabbi of a small village in the Carpathian Mountains (Fox). Though he had to put his dreams on hold after the Germans came and put his family into the ghettos, just like Elie’s family. Also like Elie, he continued with his studies, not wanting to put his dreams on hold because he was moved into a ghetto. Not only did...
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...During World War II, concentration camps were the final solution in executing millions in the Jewish population. In the camps, Nazis inflicted horrendous crimes upon innocent men, women, and children. The survival rate once residing in the camps were slim, mainly centered around the threats to survive in the camps, through dehumanization, physical suffering, and mental abuse. Out of thousands of internment camps the most famous is Auschwitz, located in what is now Poland. It was there in Auschwitz, where an Italian Jewish chemist, Primo Levi, against all odds, survived a year at the camp, before it was liberated in 1945. As soon as Levi entered the camp any form of identity was immediately taken away from him. His was stripped of his belongings, and given a new form of identification. Levi recounted the painful experience by stating, “I have learnt that I am Haftling. My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die” (Levi, 27). Levi soon learned, if you did not respond to your said number, then beatings or cuffs would be served as punishment. “Undesirables” who entered the camp,...
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...about it and tell the world. (L.,2017). Lustig did not expect people to understand what really happened, because it is actually not understandable. However, he expected from people to be touched and moved. I would like to finish this paragraph with Arnošt´s quote: “It was horrible, though one shouldn´t want to forget anything because sometimes it could be a source of strength, sometimes of warning.” (Svoboda, 2017) The plot: “Reading makes you more human” A. Lustig The story Prayer of Kateřina Horovitzová starts at Auschwitz concentration camp, where a group of twenty rich Jews were caught by Nazi´s in Italy. They were deported to Auschwitz, where lieutenant Bedřich Brenske has them under his control. This group is meant to be exchange for German´s captive soldiers, thanks to their money which needs to be used to make the transaction successful. The leader of the Jewish group Herman Cohen sees a young beautiful woman walking from a new transport who complains not to die. It makes good impression on Cohen and he asks Brenske if she can join the group. Cohen receives a positive answer. Kateřina joins the group but has compunction...
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...In the description of the people being mistreated in Auschwitz, the book says, “In one corner Bruno could see three soldiers who seemed to be in charge of a group of about 20 men. They were shouting at them, and some of the men had fallen to their knees and were remaining there with their heads in their hands” (70). This is related to how some of the Nazi soldiers, such as Adolf Eichmann, could have treated the Jews. Many Nazi leaders and soldiers abused the Jews cruelly, even without reason. Adolf Eichmann, who was one of the heads of the Gestapo, would let soldiers beat and take away the Jews, and might have done it himself. The Gestapo would then take the Jews, if they were still alive, to places such as Auschwitz. In discussing the Nazi...
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...Wiesel and his family entering Auschwitz, the most notorious death camp to this day, and the aftermath of liberation. Night is an incredibly well written novel. It twines together the power of fear and the loss of faith. It touches on how humanity changes in the face of power and oppression. This novel is able to not only testify, but discuss the atrocities of events that are not easily spoken about. Wiesel manages to takes many difficult subjects like murder, religion, and false hope and force people...
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...Have ever wondered what it would be like to be in the holocaust? Follow Elie Wiesel in Night, an autobiography about being in a horrible trim to auschwitz . Night is a educational book based on real facts. Night by Elie Wiesel should be a required high school reading. The feeling of being trapped in a camp would be terrifying not knowing if one would wake up the next day. The main reason why Night would be a wonderful high school reading is because it is very educational. The book describes what really happened to the prisoners of auschwitz, from beginning to end. Where they first went, how they were treated, and what horrendous living conditions they were forced into. Night, as one might know, is an autobiography about a boy named Elie...
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...According to the United Nations, the phrase genocide refers to “a denial of the right of existence of entire human groups, aiming at complete extermination of such groups.” This is the perfect expression to describe what happened to the Romani during WWII. Europe during the late 1930s and early 1940s was not the place to be if you didn’t have blue eyes and blonde hair. Everyone knows what the Holocaust is, why it happened and who was victimized, but many people are unaware of the other groups that were targeted by the Nazis as well. The Roma, or Gypsies were a large group that was persecuted mainly before the Holocaust and the Jews. Gypsies originated in Punjab, a region in northern India. They moved into Europe in between 700s and 1000 C.E.....
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...1944–45, toward the end of the World War Two. It mainly takes place in Auschwitz and Buchenwald which are both Nazi Germany concentration camps. The memoir depicts his experiences with his father in those concentration camps. ‘Night’ takes the reader on a journey where Eliezer, who was only 15 and his family, along with many other Jews, were forcibly removed from their hometown and transported to Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He wrote about their battle for survival, and of his battle with God for a way to understand the spiteful cruelty he witnesses each day as well as his increasing disgust with humanity due to the inhumane treatment of the Jews and how they were...
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