Concentration Camps During Ww2

The Holocaust is considered to be one of the most tragic events in history. Death was a common sight during this time and it eventually became a usual, everyday sight. People were forced from their families and sentenced to their deaths in concentration camps, much like Stutthof. There were hundreds of concentration camps where Jewish people were forced to work to their deaths. Most, if not all, of the brutal camps during World War Two caused an overwhelming amount of death and pain to Jews and other minorities. Stutthof was known as a place of death and misery for many reasons, and it’s clearly evident through the camp’s history, the awful treatment of the prisoners, and the testimonies from survivors. Although Stutthof was seen as a sadistic camp, there was a time where it didn’t claim the lives of any Jews. The camp was located …show more content…
Vladislovas was a prisoner of Stutthof for almost a year, treated nothing short of cruelty. He witnessed friends and family die, and he saw so much death that he practically became use to it. “I went through hell… Those who call it a disciplinary camp or otherwise are telling lies… I saw a pile of ashes of people burnt in the crematorium, a pile perhaps bigger than my house” (Bulota). It was nothing but torture for him. Another survivor was Nesse Godin. She was a young girl when she was transported to Stutthof, all alone and separated from her family and given the new name ‘54015’. The only reason she survived was because woman in the camp looked after her and protected her, giving her parts of their rations and advising her how to survive (“Nesse Godin”). She was just a young, scared little girl who was shown nothing but brutality at such a young age. She was beaten several times by the SS Guards, and starved, just like the rest. It is incredibly hard to process the inhumane events that took