statement. From early 1942 until late 1944, transport trains delivered Jews to the camp from all over German-occupied Europe. Upon arriving at the camp, prisoners were examined by Nazi doctors. Those prisoners considered unfit for work, including young children, elderly, and pregnant women, were immediately ordered to take showers. However, the bathhouses to which they marched were disguised gas chambers. Once inside, the prisoners were exposed to Zyklon-B poison gas. Zyklon-B poison gas was originally
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guards to let them go from the hospital. The Grandparents arranged for them to go into hiding by a Catholic French woman. While they were in hiding they went days without food or water but they went on to survive and make it through the French Holocaust
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The memoirs Alicia: My Story and Survival in Auschwitz provide two very different accounts of the same event: the Holocaust. There are very basic and obvious differences between Alicia Jurman and Primo Levi, which are shown in the table below. Although these differences seem minor, they had a major affect on the differences between the events Alicia and Primo faced. Age Gender Country of Origin Concentration Camp v. Hiding Alicia Jurman 9 yrs - 15 yrs Female Poland Hiding Primo Levi 24 yrs
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forced into a concentration camp, he was a young and innocent child immersed in his faith from the start. Elie had just begun to learn and become a strong believer in Judaism. Elie knew he had a purpose in life and studied hard. But like the other children, Elie also found time for fun when playing with the other kids in his neighborhood in Sighet, Transylvania. Of course, things were different being a child in 1940’s as opposed to how they are now. Hitlers dictatorship was in the works, and he began
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What is a job of a nurse? They are supposed help and take care of people that are sick or need assistance. What happens when you are not allowed to or banned from helping the people? In the Holocaust the German nurses were not allowed to help Jewish kids. Although they weren’t able to help this one brave and caring German nurse went out of her way to be a hero. Irena Sendler is a nurse who was in a group called the “Resistance Movement”. She was in organizations that dealt with the Jews and she would
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The holocaust happened approximately 80 years ago. Everyone knows what the holocaust is, how it happened, and all of the gruesome details. What is surprising is that some Nazis are still alive from the 1940s. Many of them committed crimes while under orders. Others didn’t. The Nazis should still be persecuted if they participated in the killing or torturing of a civilian should be held guilty to the charges of war crimes. Any who didn’t physically help with the murder of civilians do not really need
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did lose their belief in God. As long as they keep the faith within oneself, an individual like Elie Wiesel who had experienced such adversities in life may become stronger to be able to get through 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
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However, Schindler fell for a beautiful young girl named Emily. After only six weeks of courtship, they were married. Sadly, after only a few months of marriage, Schindler began to heavily abuse alcohol. He also had several affairs resulting in two children out of wedlock. In 1929, during the Great Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. At this time, Schindler’s father left his mother, and she died soon after. Finding himself jobless, Schindler sought work in nearby Poland as a machinery
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The Holocaust, also known as Hitler’s final solution, started on January 30th, 1933. The Holocaust was the systematic genocide of six million Jews. Hitler forced the people of Germany to believe that anyone who was not only a Jew, but gypsies, the disabled, and homosexuals should be persecuted. Nazi soldiers collected these people and sent them to concentration camps in various locations, such as Auschwitz in Poland. Death was a common occurrence in these concentration camps. The Holocaust was a
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leaving behind only unease and uncertainty. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, night symbolizes the suffering of Eliezer in the nightmarish Holocaust which he lived through. During the hours of darkness, Eliezer experiences uncertainty in his ever-evolving situation, fear during his sleepless nights, and loss of those that he cares for. During the Holocaust, Jewish people are forced from their homes, forced from camp to camp, and forced to change against their will. Eliezer and his family anticipate
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