“Undetermined from overwork, disease, insufficient nutrition, or the daily struggle for survival in brutal living conditions. Arbitrary, executions, torture and retribution happened daily in front of other prisoners”(“Auschwitz'”). Conditions in the Concentration Camps were very brutal and prisoners were dehumanized. It is important schools teach this so students understand how traumatic this was for Jewish people and the inhuman ways they were treated. Although there were few survivors of the Holocaust, their stories can educate many students on how important the Holocaust is in history and why we should remember it. Susan Warsinger was a Holocaust survivor who shared her experience of the Holocaust and the antisemitism she faced, “When I started to go through the park the gatekeeper threw bricks and rocks at me, his daughter was around my age and she saw what her dad was doing so she did it herself” (Susan Warsinger). Warsinger was a young Jew who had to undergo very inhumane punishments just for being Jewish. Her stories are a testimony as to why this event should never happen again and can educate young people on the power of hatred and …show more content…
I couldn't easily make friends because I just didn't know how to trust anybody”(Dorit-Wolfe Oliver). For survivors, the Holocaust did not end in 1945 because everyday they are reminded of the effects it has on their lives decades later. After 80 years, the Holocaust still affects Dorit’s life in numerous ways. It is important to hear their stories because they open your eyes to impacts you could not imagine from the Holocaust. Survivors' first-hand experience with the Holocaust can be very useful in helping students get a better understanding of the Holocaust and the impacts it had on Jewish people. Many children faced the harsh reality of this time and were robbed of their childhood. In an attempt to survive and not be caught, “Children were kept in cellars and attics, where they had to keep quiet, even motionless for hours on end. under these conditions the children often suffered from a lack of human interaction and endured boredom and fear”(“Jewish Victims of the Holocaust:Hidden Children”). Even when not captives of camps, children still suffer so