Women During the Holocaust
It was risky being a woman and walking down the street during the holocaust. A Nazi could kidnap a woman and rape her for no reason. Women nowadays can feel safe because of their husband or their father, but back then no one could keep you safe. Women were just like men; they were sent to concentration camps, and also fought in resistance.
To begin, women were treated as if they were men. Not only women but children were not let off the hook for doing something bad (“Women during the Holocaust “,2016). According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum “Non-Jewish women were vulnerable as well”. Women were forced to work at concentration camps, and if they couldn’t work they were sent to the Killing Center. The Killing Center is were the Nazi’s sent girls who were pregnant, or anyone who weren’t capable of working(“Women during the …show more content…
On 1939 the biggest camp was opened for women, it was called Ravensbruck and held over 100,000 women(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). To confine women, the SS opened another compound, and called it was Auschwitz-Birkenau(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). The only way women would survive in camps were if they cooked, repaired clothes, and other stuff women would do at home(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). Women were in some of the biggest concentration camps in the country.
To add; in concentration camps women would form resistances. Some women were leaders or members of organizations in the ghettos(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). Young girls, such as Sophie Scholl a student at the University of Munich, were apart of a resistance in the ghettos called White Rose(“Women during the Holocaust”, 2016). Women were the most important people in the resistance(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). Women were mainly used for medical reasons and rescue operators(Weinstock). Women were brave and would fight back for their
It was risky being a woman and walking down the street during the holocaust. A Nazi could kidnap a woman and rape her for no reason. Women nowadays can feel safe because of their husband or their father, but back then no one could keep you safe. Women were just like men; they were sent to concentration camps, and also fought in resistance.
To begin, women were treated as if they were men. Not only women but children were not let off the hook for doing something bad (“Women during the Holocaust “,2016). According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum “Non-Jewish women were vulnerable as well”. Women were forced to work at concentration camps, and if they couldn’t work they were sent to the Killing Center. The Killing Center is were the Nazi’s sent girls who were pregnant, or anyone who weren’t capable of working(“Women during the …show more content…
On 1939 the biggest camp was opened for women, it was called Ravensbruck and held over 100,000 women(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). To confine women, the SS opened another compound, and called it was Auschwitz-Birkenau(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). The only way women would survive in camps were if they cooked, repaired clothes, and other stuff women would do at home(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). Women were in some of the biggest concentration camps in the country.
To add; in concentration camps women would form resistances. Some women were leaders or members of organizations in the ghettos(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). Young girls, such as Sophie Scholl a student at the University of Munich, were apart of a resistance in the ghettos called White Rose(“Women during the Holocaust”, 2016). Women were the most important people in the resistance(“Women during the Holocaust”,2016). Women were mainly used for medical reasons and rescue operators(Weinstock). Women were brave and would fight back for their