World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. During this time, people in Germany were blaming followers of Judaism for their economic struggles and “economic opportunities” (“Fascist and Nazi Dress” 7) after the World War before. The Nazi party took over Germany after Adolf Hitler took power. Hitler looked upon a certain race as dominant and should be the only race in the world. To do this, he wanted to eliminate jews from the area. He also wanted to destroy disabled and people with an odd appearance. Jews hid for their lives, knowing that they were being hunted. After they found Jews inside of Germany they took them to concentration camps to get cleaned and dressed. Once that happened, they then endured the physical and emotional struggles in the camps.
Clothing was very important in this time because leaders of the camps classified individuals with 226 letters, colors, and …show more content…
Most of the time, not even their kids. This was really hard for jew because possessing things is a source of dominance in humans. Once people got to the camps, their possessions were stripped away from their possessions. Because of this, people grabbed on to anything that they could find to make valuable to them. Because there were not any pockets in prisoners uniforms, people cut parts of their clothing to make pockets to hold things they have found. “Given that no proper underwear was issued to the concentration camp prisoners, one of the most popular garments made by female prisoners was the bra” (“Fashion in Auschwitz” 4). One major issue from this came that there were not any other cloths issued to the captives, so the holes in their cloths sometimes would cause greater problems. They would have holes in their clothing and sometimes was hard for them during the winter with bare skin against the blistering cold. This became a big cause of fatality inside the
Clothing was very important in this time because leaders of the camps classified individuals with 226 letters, colors, and …show more content…
Most of the time, not even their kids. This was really hard for jew because possessing things is a source of dominance in humans. Once people got to the camps, their possessions were stripped away from their possessions. Because of this, people grabbed on to anything that they could find to make valuable to them. Because there were not any pockets in prisoners uniforms, people cut parts of their clothing to make pockets to hold things they have found. “Given that no proper underwear was issued to the concentration camp prisoners, one of the most popular garments made by female prisoners was the bra” (“Fashion in Auschwitz” 4). One major issue from this came that there were not any other cloths issued to the captives, so the holes in their cloths sometimes would cause greater problems. They would have holes in their clothing and sometimes was hard for them during the winter with bare skin against the blistering cold. This became a big cause of fatality inside the