Surviving the genocide: our minds remember
“Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential, man has for violence and inhumanity”.
Not only has Auschwitz become a symbol of the Holocaust, due to its geographical size, but also because Jews were sent there from all over the european continent to be murdered in the nist cruel ways. Even though there are infinite proofs of this mass extermination, there are still people who deny the existence of this systematic program of genocide. More than 4.1 million people died in what is now called the most brutal “death factory” of all times, leaving the survivors with not only physical wounds, but most important of all, psychological traumas and inevitable memories about their time spend in the horrific, dreadful concentration camp.
The famous camp, located in west Poland, is referred by historians as a “modernized death industry.” Compared with other extermination camps, Auschwitz underwent a constant process of modernization, using the products of leading German factories for gassing and cremation functions …show more content…
The mass character and commonness of death in the camp led to the blunting of prisoners' emotional reactions. Afterwards, a process ensued of reconciling oneself, becoming accustomed and indifferent to the death of camp-mates, often lead to one's own inevitable death. The majority of prisoners held at Auschwitz were killed in the various gas chambers, although many died from starvation, forced labor, disease, shooting squads, and heinous medical experiments. Those who withstood the pressure of these unfavorable factors had to adapt as quickly as possible to camp reality and accept the norms of coexistence imposed by it. However, the camp reality was so appalling that to many it seemed a nightmarish
“Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential, man has for violence and inhumanity”.
Not only has Auschwitz become a symbol of the Holocaust, due to its geographical size, but also because Jews were sent there from all over the european continent to be murdered in the nist cruel ways. Even though there are infinite proofs of this mass extermination, there are still people who deny the existence of this systematic program of genocide. More than 4.1 million people died in what is now called the most brutal “death factory” of all times, leaving the survivors with not only physical wounds, but most important of all, psychological traumas and inevitable memories about their time spend in the horrific, dreadful concentration camp.
The famous camp, located in west Poland, is referred by historians as a “modernized death industry.” Compared with other extermination camps, Auschwitz underwent a constant process of modernization, using the products of leading German factories for gassing and cremation functions …show more content…
The mass character and commonness of death in the camp led to the blunting of prisoners' emotional reactions. Afterwards, a process ensued of reconciling oneself, becoming accustomed and indifferent to the death of camp-mates, often lead to one's own inevitable death. The majority of prisoners held at Auschwitz were killed in the various gas chambers, although many died from starvation, forced labor, disease, shooting squads, and heinous medical experiments. Those who withstood the pressure of these unfavorable factors had to adapt as quickly as possible to camp reality and accept the norms of coexistence imposed by it. However, the camp reality was so appalling that to many it seemed a nightmarish