After waking up from a long night of horrible dreams, bed bugs, and a growling stomach, a prisoner can only anticipate another long day of work, another long day of suffering. The life of a prisoner in a death, labor, or POW camp was a life full of unimaginable cruelty, inhumanity, and strain on the body and mind. Between 1933 and 1945, around 11 million men, women, and children were killed in the Holocaust, and among many of these tragic losses were the least deserving (“What does the Holocaust mean” 26). The suffering found throughout the camps was indescribable and unimaginable, especially because these people did not deserve the inhumane treatment and suffering they received. The absolute inhumanity found in the camps was described by
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Joseph was an ordinary Polish tailor who had been taken to the, “most effective,” (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9) camp of all time, Auschwitz. Auschwitz later became known as the most deadly death camp of all time (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9). Joseph described his experience starting with the entrance into Auschwitz, where an ironic sign stating, “Arbeit macht frei,” or, “Work makes you free” hung. (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9) This sign gave the people false hope of freedom after Auschwitz, and made them work extremely hard because they believed in what they had seen (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9). Joseph described the daily grind to stay alive, and how much suffering one goes through along the way (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9). This idea of suffering day by day was also found in, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, where Ivan …show more content…
What the prisoners saw and were a part of was one of the worst events in the history of our world. These experiences were described by Meta Doran. She discussed her experiences when she went to see a railcar similar to one she had traveled in (“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). At the sight of the railcar, she muttered that she, “still can’t believe it.”(“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). The physical trauma the prisoners endured from the camps is unfixable (“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). Many prisoners had witnessed their own family members be killed in cold blood, starved to death, or taken for a walk down to the, “showers”(“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). These moments can not be unseen, nor forgotten, and the prisoners were forced to live with the fact that they were never going to get out. The prisoners suffered temptations and teases of the often daydream of escaping the camp. This similar idea of suffering from within one’s soul inside the camp was found in, One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, where he reflected on his life before the camp. Ivan remembered what his home was like, and
Joseph was an ordinary Polish tailor who had been taken to the, “most effective,” (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9) camp of all time, Auschwitz. Auschwitz later became known as the most deadly death camp of all time (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9). Joseph described his experience starting with the entrance into Auschwitz, where an ironic sign stating, “Arbeit macht frei,” or, “Work makes you free” hung. (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9) This sign gave the people false hope of freedom after Auschwitz, and made them work extremely hard because they believed in what they had seen (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9). Joseph described the daily grind to stay alive, and how much suffering one goes through along the way (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 9). This idea of suffering day by day was also found in, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, where Ivan …show more content…
What the prisoners saw and were a part of was one of the worst events in the history of our world. These experiences were described by Meta Doran. She discussed her experiences when she went to see a railcar similar to one she had traveled in (“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). At the sight of the railcar, she muttered that she, “still can’t believe it.”(“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). The physical trauma the prisoners endured from the camps is unfixable (“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). Many prisoners had witnessed their own family members be killed in cold blood, starved to death, or taken for a walk down to the, “showers”(“Analysis Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history” 14). These moments can not be unseen, nor forgotten, and the prisoners were forced to live with the fact that they were never going to get out. The prisoners suffered temptations and teases of the often daydream of escaping the camp. This similar idea of suffering from within one’s soul inside the camp was found in, One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, where he reflected on his life before the camp. Ivan remembered what his home was like, and