Essay On Life In The Ghetto

Before the Nazis came life was simple and relatively quiet, well as quiet as it can get for a Jewish family. We lived in a small town in Poland. We lived a very routine life, we'd go to every church event, most all gatherings of any kind in town, go to the market every Saturday. Me and my brother would go to school and do homework. We lived a very normal life up until the Nazis came. Life in the Ghetto miserable for everyone, the overcrowding was one of the biggest problems here. We were in an small apartment with five other families, The pluming didn't work so all of the waste was thrown outside in the streets, including the garbage. The Germans would purposefully starve the people by retaining the food and only selling the people small amounts of food. If you didn't have money or anything to trade for food you would have to beg or steal from others. Winter was hard for everyone, because fuel for heat was little to none. Many people didn't have the right clothing for winter and their weak body's couldn't handle the extreme cold and would get sick from the conditions and the cold, making many people die. Many children were orphans and had to take care of younger children and themselves. We didn't get to finish our education because the Nazis wouldn't allow books in our homes or any classes to be held in the Ghetto. Even though there was suffering and …show more content…
Around lunch time we heard gun fire expecting it to be a group of people trying to escape the camp and failing like may tried to do. We were out in a field working and didn't pay any attention to it, then we hear the gun fire getting closer and our guards dropping dead and cheering form the people in the camp. It was the allies. They had come and saved us, liberated us from this hell we were living in. Though many suffered and died we were saved. We thank Hashem everyday they we