The Holocaust: A Brief Story Of Ruth

Ruth was a young girl when the war started, only about seven years old. Ruth was born in Poland Warsaw and lived there until 1944 with her mother, father, two older sisters and older brother. One large part of Ruth’s life during the time of the war was when she moved back to Warsaw from Russia and her family got put into a ghetto. German trucks began to come into the ghettos and grab people right off the streets and everyone knew that whoever got put onto those truck wouldn’t be coming back. In Spring of 1940 Ruth, her older sister, and father were put into a ghetto in Warsaw, when they returned from Russia. Ruth stated that it seemed like everyday life just with less food,clothing and there were four walls around their streets. Ruth also said that they would dance, sing, play instruments, read, write and even learn household skills. In June 1942 German trucks started to come into the ghetto and grab people right off the streets. Ruth’s …show more content…
The fear that the Germans put into the Jews was so strong that people were scared to speak about their own beliefs, thoughts, or ideas. The fear began to change people, who they were and who they use to be were now two different people. Ruth’s story to me really explains what it was like to be living in the time period of the holocaust. Ruth made me feel like I was there during the holocaust and that I was experiencing what she experienced.
Ruth and other holocaust survivors open our eyes to how horrid and heartless people can become when they are either tortured themselves or torturing others. Ruth stated at the end of her testimony that people can not love others if they do not love themselves first. I think that is a big thing to remember not only as a nation but in everyday life for each one of us to love one another and we will be loved right