Inside the Holocaust Nightmare
The average survival rate for a concentration camp prisoner was 8 weeks. Abram Korn was only 16 years old when he became a victim of the Holocaust. Also, Irene Fogel Weiss was deported to Auschwitz with her family at the age of 8. Finally, Arek Hersh was a man who became a prisoner of several concentration camps. Daily life in concentration camps for Holocaust victims was cruel torture.
Abram Korn was only 16 years old when he became a victim of the Holocaust. He lived with his parents and two sisters in Poland. With Nazi presence in town, they soon confiscated local Jewish businesses. Soon, his family was deported to the Kutno Ghetto. The living conditions were horrible, as there was only one toilet and one …show more content…
She was from Czechoslovakia, a small poor town of 1,000 farm families. It became part of Hungary, and this is where their problems began. As Hungarians were allied with the Nazis, it soon became difficult for Jewish families. They began losing their civil rights and were not protected by the law. Jews were not allowed to ride the train, and they began wearing the Star of David. The German government made the Hungarian round up Jewish families and deport them to Auschwitz. Irene and her family – her parents and 5 siblings – were sent to Mukacs ghetto, then rode cattle carts to Auschwitz. She did not understand what they had done to deserve their fate. As soon as they arrived, the family was separated, with her mother and two brothers being sent to gas chambers. Meanwhile Irene and her sister, Serena, were sent to slave labor. Many times they were threatened with separation, but never were. Soon, they ran into their two aunts, Rose and Piri. Later on, the SS took thousands of prisoners out of the camp on a march to Ravensbruck. If anyone was to even attempt to rest, they were shot to death. Aunt Piri became ill and was killed. With the Soviet getting closer, the SS left, leaving her, Serena, and Rose to take shelter in an empty house. They spent months trying to reach Prague where they had relatives, where they then left to Sudetenland. Here Irene was able to go to school, while Serena worked at …show more content…
Arek was raised in Jewish community despite being Polish. When Germany attacked Poland, his family was forced to leave their hometown and stay in Lodz with relatives. In order to do so, they had to walk a 65 km journey that took 3 days. This is where he witnessed first-hand German humiliating and taunting Jewish men by cutting off their beards. They Jews of Lodz began wearing the Star of David and were forced into a ghetto. Not long after, authorities went to take Arek’s father to a work camp, but he escaped, and then his brother too, so he was taken instead to camp Otoschno. Arek survived through his job of cleaning the camp commander’s office by sneaking food. A year later he was sent back home, but the Nazi’s decided to liquidate the ghetto. He ran away and joined a group of people chosen to work in order to escape gassing. He and the remaining survivors were taken to Lodz. Since he was alone with no family, Arek was accepted into an orphanage and worked textile mill and was able to find food. He remained there for 2 years. However, it was only a matter of time till the orphans were to be sent to a camp, Auschwitz. Arek managed to escape gassing and was given a striped suit and was given a tattoo number – B7608. He worked as an agricultural laborer, and used ashes from the crematorium as a fertilizer. As the Germans began losing the war, they decided to clear the camp. The remaining
The average survival rate for a concentration camp prisoner was 8 weeks. Abram Korn was only 16 years old when he became a victim of the Holocaust. Also, Irene Fogel Weiss was deported to Auschwitz with her family at the age of 8. Finally, Arek Hersh was a man who became a prisoner of several concentration camps. Daily life in concentration camps for Holocaust victims was cruel torture.
Abram Korn was only 16 years old when he became a victim of the Holocaust. He lived with his parents and two sisters in Poland. With Nazi presence in town, they soon confiscated local Jewish businesses. Soon, his family was deported to the Kutno Ghetto. The living conditions were horrible, as there was only one toilet and one …show more content…
She was from Czechoslovakia, a small poor town of 1,000 farm families. It became part of Hungary, and this is where their problems began. As Hungarians were allied with the Nazis, it soon became difficult for Jewish families. They began losing their civil rights and were not protected by the law. Jews were not allowed to ride the train, and they began wearing the Star of David. The German government made the Hungarian round up Jewish families and deport them to Auschwitz. Irene and her family – her parents and 5 siblings – were sent to Mukacs ghetto, then rode cattle carts to Auschwitz. She did not understand what they had done to deserve their fate. As soon as they arrived, the family was separated, with her mother and two brothers being sent to gas chambers. Meanwhile Irene and her sister, Serena, were sent to slave labor. Many times they were threatened with separation, but never were. Soon, they ran into their two aunts, Rose and Piri. Later on, the SS took thousands of prisoners out of the camp on a march to Ravensbruck. If anyone was to even attempt to rest, they were shot to death. Aunt Piri became ill and was killed. With the Soviet getting closer, the SS left, leaving her, Serena, and Rose to take shelter in an empty house. They spent months trying to reach Prague where they had relatives, where they then left to Sudetenland. Here Irene was able to go to school, while Serena worked at …show more content…
Arek was raised in Jewish community despite being Polish. When Germany attacked Poland, his family was forced to leave their hometown and stay in Lodz with relatives. In order to do so, they had to walk a 65 km journey that took 3 days. This is where he witnessed first-hand German humiliating and taunting Jewish men by cutting off their beards. They Jews of Lodz began wearing the Star of David and were forced into a ghetto. Not long after, authorities went to take Arek’s father to a work camp, but he escaped, and then his brother too, so he was taken instead to camp Otoschno. Arek survived through his job of cleaning the camp commander’s office by sneaking food. A year later he was sent back home, but the Nazi’s decided to liquidate the ghetto. He ran away and joined a group of people chosen to work in order to escape gassing. He and the remaining survivors were taken to Lodz. Since he was alone with no family, Arek was accepted into an orphanage and worked textile mill and was able to find food. He remained there for 2 years. However, it was only a matter of time till the orphans were to be sent to a camp, Auschwitz. Arek managed to escape gassing and was given a striped suit and was given a tattoo number – B7608. He worked as an agricultural laborer, and used ashes from the crematorium as a fertilizer. As the Germans began losing the war, they decided to clear the camp. The remaining