A Camp?
Eleven Million People were killed during the holocaust, six million of them were Jewish, and one million were children! There were about six major death camps that consist of the same ideas. This means they killed and did many things the exact same thing as each other. This event will change the future for many people in Germany especially Jews, forever!
To start off, how would the nazi soldiers kill the Jews and many other people at these camps? One of the main uses was the gas chambers. “ The use of gas chambers was the most common method of mass murdering for Jews in extermination camps.” (“About Us”) A second way was, gassing trucks! “ The Chemno gassing trucks were used on Jews, after being driven into the exhaust fumes…” (1942,”Auschwitz”) Finally, they would use a method called, “mass shooting.” “This is when the Jews would line up in rows of 6 or 7 and the soldiers would shoot one at a time.” (“About Us”) “While it is impossible to ascertain the exact number of jewish victims, statistics say that the total was over 5,830,000. Six million was the rounded number of jews killed.(“1942,”Auschwitz”) If I were a soldier, I don’t know how I could go with …show more content…
First for breakfast, watery soup was served and if you were lucky you could find a piece of turnip or a potato peel. “The lack of food, poor diet and hard labor caused the prisoners to suffer from starvation sickness. They lost weight muscle tissue, and thousands died.” (“About Us”) In the evening prisoners would be given a piece of black bread weighing 300 grams, together with a tiny piece of sausage, margarine, or cheese. “ Kitty Hart-Moxon, a survivor of Auschwitz Birkenau, remembers the high value placed on food, and so much wanted to survive the camps.” (“CNN Breaking News, Latest News and Videos”) It is crazy to think that anyone would do anything to have even a small piece of food. I can't imagine being that
Eleven Million People were killed during the holocaust, six million of them were Jewish, and one million were children! There were about six major death camps that consist of the same ideas. This means they killed and did many things the exact same thing as each other. This event will change the future for many people in Germany especially Jews, forever!
To start off, how would the nazi soldiers kill the Jews and many other people at these camps? One of the main uses was the gas chambers. “ The use of gas chambers was the most common method of mass murdering for Jews in extermination camps.” (“About Us”) A second way was, gassing trucks! “ The Chemno gassing trucks were used on Jews, after being driven into the exhaust fumes…” (1942,”Auschwitz”) Finally, they would use a method called, “mass shooting.” “This is when the Jews would line up in rows of 6 or 7 and the soldiers would shoot one at a time.” (“About Us”) “While it is impossible to ascertain the exact number of jewish victims, statistics say that the total was over 5,830,000. Six million was the rounded number of jews killed.(“1942,”Auschwitz”) If I were a soldier, I don’t know how I could go with …show more content…
First for breakfast, watery soup was served and if you were lucky you could find a piece of turnip or a potato peel. “The lack of food, poor diet and hard labor caused the prisoners to suffer from starvation sickness. They lost weight muscle tissue, and thousands died.” (“About Us”) In the evening prisoners would be given a piece of black bread weighing 300 grams, together with a tiny piece of sausage, margarine, or cheese. “ Kitty Hart-Moxon, a survivor of Auschwitz Birkenau, remembers the high value placed on food, and so much wanted to survive the camps.” (“CNN Breaking News, Latest News and Videos”) It is crazy to think that anyone would do anything to have even a small piece of food. I can't imagine being that