Ernie Feld and Werner Klemke both saved many Jewish lives. Ernie was a baker captured by the Nazis. The Nazis liked his baking so they kept him alive and out of labor to cook. He claimed he needed assistants and saved a people's lives. Werner Klemke was a German soldier. He saved lots of people from their deaths because he printed fake birth certificates, food ration coupons, baptismal records, and ID cards. Where Klemke made documents 50% of the Jews lived. Both Ernie Feld and Werner Klemke’s stories show that doing things with a good purpose helps others.
First, the theme do things with a good purpose goes with Ernie Feld’s story because he didn't just bake, he baked with the purpose of helping people. He was chosen as a baker for the Nazi …show more content…
Ernie was in a concentration camp. His purpose was getting people out of hard labor. This made them stronger so that they could survive the usually terrible conditions of the camps. Werner’s purpose was to help people stay out of concentration camps. He kept them in hiding so they weren't captured. The main difference in their purposes is that Werner Klemke kept people out of concentration camps and Ernie Feld helped people who were already in it. Another difference is Ernie did it while being a Jew held in a concentration camp and Werner did it as a German soldier. Ernie had limited resources and could only help a few at a time. On the other hand Werner had lots of resources but he did have to keep his work hidden from the other German soldiers that he worked along side of. These examples show that the work these two men did were great but their good purposes were from completely different aspects of the war.
Bringing it all together, the theme give your life purpose goes with both of the stories of Ernie Feld and Werner Klemke. The two stories show this in different ways. Ernie Feld gives his baking a purpose by getting people out of hard labor. Werner Klemke gave his job and access to material purpose when he made documents to keep Jews in hiding. What will you do to give your life purpose and help
First, the theme do things with a good purpose goes with Ernie Feld’s story because he didn't just bake, he baked with the purpose of helping people. He was chosen as a baker for the Nazi …show more content…
Ernie was in a concentration camp. His purpose was getting people out of hard labor. This made them stronger so that they could survive the usually terrible conditions of the camps. Werner’s purpose was to help people stay out of concentration camps. He kept them in hiding so they weren't captured. The main difference in their purposes is that Werner Klemke kept people out of concentration camps and Ernie Feld helped people who were already in it. Another difference is Ernie did it while being a Jew held in a concentration camp and Werner did it as a German soldier. Ernie had limited resources and could only help a few at a time. On the other hand Werner had lots of resources but he did have to keep his work hidden from the other German soldiers that he worked along side of. These examples show that the work these two men did were great but their good purposes were from completely different aspects of the war.
Bringing it all together, the theme give your life purpose goes with both of the stories of Ernie Feld and Werner Klemke. The two stories show this in different ways. Ernie Feld gives his baking a purpose by getting people out of hard labor. Werner Klemke gave his job and access to material purpose when he made documents to keep Jews in hiding. What will you do to give your life purpose and help