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Emma Hoey
Mrs. Fortney
Language Arts
12-6-15
Concentration Camps Eleven million people dead. So many people suffered all over the world during and after World War 2. Walter Roberts, a loving father, brother, and uncle was held captive at the Littau, Germany concentration camp for three years during World War 2. Him being my Great Uncle I have a special insight on how things went inside concentration camps. It brings him to tears to talk about it. but he says “people deserve to know.” As my family gathers around to hear the stories he starts breaking a sweat, tears start running down his face and his voice is shaking. It was then that I realized how scary this must have been. He says “I was lucky that I wasn’t put in a camp like camp Chelmno”. Camp Chelmno is the first nazi camp there was. It was known for being an extermination camp. A death camp. All Jews brought to this camp was ordered to die, no questions asked. Few got to live and those Jews were chosen by the German officers so the hopes of being saved were slim.Up until the last moments until …show more content…
The Littau camp. This was a very hidden camp from the outside world. The fence lines and outside barriers were painted in camouflage so well, you couldn't have noticed it was there. This camp had 2 main parts it was a extermination camp as well as a labor camp. My uncle explains “When [he] arrived at the camp, we were split up into two groups the young children and weak elders and women were sent one way the abled workers another. I was sent with the abled workers. The children and elders were all killed that night. I had met many brave Jews that were killed that night. That night the abled bodies were all thrown into a large building and one by one we had to tell them our names and they would use a needle and ink and tattoo our bodies. Then they made us strip and then all of our hair was cut
Emma Hoey
Mrs. Fortney
Language Arts
12-6-15
Concentration Camps Eleven million people dead. So many people suffered all over the world during and after World War 2. Walter Roberts, a loving father, brother, and uncle was held captive at the Littau, Germany concentration camp for three years during World War 2. Him being my Great Uncle I have a special insight on how things went inside concentration camps. It brings him to tears to talk about it. but he says “people deserve to know.” As my family gathers around to hear the stories he starts breaking a sweat, tears start running down his face and his voice is shaking. It was then that I realized how scary this must have been. He says “I was lucky that I wasn’t put in a camp like camp Chelmno”. Camp Chelmno is the first nazi camp there was. It was known for being an extermination camp. A death camp. All Jews brought to this camp was ordered to die, no questions asked. Few got to live and those Jews were chosen by the German officers so the hopes of being saved were slim.Up until the last moments until …show more content…
The Littau camp. This was a very hidden camp from the outside world. The fence lines and outside barriers were painted in camouflage so well, you couldn't have noticed it was there. This camp had 2 main parts it was a extermination camp as well as a labor camp. My uncle explains “When [he] arrived at the camp, we were split up into two groups the young children and weak elders and women were sent one way the abled workers another. I was sent with the abled workers. The children and elders were all killed that night. I had met many brave Jews that were killed that night. That night the abled bodies were all thrown into a large building and one by one we had to tell them our names and they would use a needle and ink and tattoo our bodies. Then they made us strip and then all of our hair was cut