According to Sam, “he was captured at the age of fourteen from his home in Poland” (252). There was so much hostility and even hate for the Jews during this time. According to Sam, “There was a slogan that seemed to be around even before Hitler of “Jew get out of here and got to Palestine”. This took place in Lodz Poland. (253). It seems that when he was kid he thought it was such a neat thing that he was given a flashlight and gas mask. I am not sure that he was truly aware of the reason that he was given the gas mask and the flashlight he was only fourteen at this time (253). The time in the Ghetto that Sam Bankhalter talks about is that of “humiliation from the Germans” (253). Some of the humiliation that was done to the Jews was the mere idea of cutting off the side curls that that wore and then the Germans would make fun of them and then precede to beat them up (253). What I can take from this idea of humiliation is that the Jews would simply do anything for this type of humiliation to end. It also talks about how the Germans would round up the Jews in the Ghetto area and tell them they only had a short time to leave and could not take much of anything that they owned with them (253). Looking at the parts of Auschwitz shows some horrible things that were done to the innocent Jews. There is a part that shows Sam family coming to the camp in 1944. According to Sam Bankhalter, “Everyone that had a child went to the
According to Sam, “he was captured at the age of fourteen from his home in Poland” (252). There was so much hostility and even hate for the Jews during this time. According to Sam, “There was a slogan that seemed to be around even before Hitler of “Jew get out of here and got to Palestine”. This took place in Lodz Poland. (253). It seems that when he was kid he thought it was such a neat thing that he was given a flashlight and gas mask. I am not sure that he was truly aware of the reason that he was given the gas mask and the flashlight he was only fourteen at this time (253). The time in the Ghetto that Sam Bankhalter talks about is that of “humiliation from the Germans” (253). Some of the humiliation that was done to the Jews was the mere idea of cutting off the side curls that that wore and then the Germans would make fun of them and then precede to beat them up (253). What I can take from this idea of humiliation is that the Jews would simply do anything for this type of humiliation to end. It also talks about how the Germans would round up the Jews in the Ghetto area and tell them they only had a short time to leave and could not take much of anything that they owned with them (253). Looking at the parts of Auschwitz shows some horrible things that were done to the innocent Jews. There is a part that shows Sam family coming to the camp in 1944. According to Sam Bankhalter, “Everyone that had a child went to the