Concentration camps in France

effects of the Jews’ experiences. Elie was admittedly naïve and very religious. Although things do turn bitter when it came to the Nazis crushing him spiritually as his faith in God completely falters. Soon to be proven, Elie grows through these concentration camps to be completely angry with his God. In the beginning of his journey, his view of God was admiringly loyal. He proved his faithfulness and didn't strive to hide it. He wanted to practice his religious studies as he states, “One day I…

The Nazi’s killed approximately 6,000,000 Jews in concentration camps during the Holocaust. The Germans had 23 main concentration camps, each camp had about 900 sub-camps, in total the Germans established 20,000 camps between 1933-1945. Auschwitz, a concentration camp during the Holocaust, was the most effective camp by strategically separating into Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. During the Holocaust Auschwitz I was the main camp, it was located in Oświęcim. “In August 1944, it…

Some of Elie’s family were unfortunately included in this group of people. Elie is one of many to enter concentration camps where he lost his mother, his infant sister, and his father. Eliezer’s father was the last of his family to die during the actions of the book. Elie experiences loss “when I [Elie] got down after roll call, I could see his lips trembling as…

Many people experienced very similar struggles that they all can relate to. The article Proudly Bearing Elders’ Scars, Their Skin Says ‘ Never Forget’ by Jodi Rudoren, we see relatively the same things that happened to Elie while he was in concentration camps, from other people's experiences. Mr. Nachshon also faced many tragic things like Elie did. “ I didn’t know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever” (Wiesel 29). That was a…

struggle through the conditions of being in the camp. They were physically and mentally abused and they began to lose faith in god. “For God’s sake, where is God? And from within me, I heard a voice answer: Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows…” (Night, 65). They not only lost faith in god but hey lost faith in the ability to survive and all of mankind itself. Elie and his father struggled every moment of their life in the concentration camps. They both along with the…

changed my way of thinking. The details of the concentration camps and the thought of not knowing when the next meal or if living another day would be an option really touched me. It’s hard to believe something so terrible happened to such innocent people who were just living their everyday lives. Frankl draws the reader into the point where they feel as if they are with him surviving the Holocaust one day at a time. The thought of a concentration camp is not a pleasant one and certainly one…

life, there was one of the largest mass murders in history being conducted right in your backyard. It is sad to say, but this was the case for some people. The site was called the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. This dreadful period of time lasted for about 5 years. After arriving at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, no one knew if they were going to make it out alive. Auschwitz was established by the Nazi’s in april of 1940. ( Alder, Nagorski 10) Heinrich Himmler, who was the leading member of…

The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. In Przemysl, Poland, during WWII, the city comes under Nazi control. The Jews are sent to ghettos. Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) sneaks 13 Jews into her attic while raising her little sister. Every day, they risk execution--by smuggling food and water to the silent group living above them. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead, it conveys a message of hope for mankind,…

The Moriori Genocide “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” (Elie Wiesel) What this quote is trying to show is that people should not forget the terrible times when the Jews lived in those horribles concentration camps. Although the concentration camps were terrible, that has happened in other parts of the world, in a similar manner as the Jews. The Moriori tribe was in a terrible situation of being almost killed by enemies and some other people living around the same place.…

Life in the Ghettos Ghettos are an urban section of a city serving as compulsory residential quarter for Jews. Ghettos were generally surrounded by a wall shutting if off from the rest of the city. The Germans created a station in which hard labor, malnutrition, overcrowding, and substandard contributed to the death of a large number of Jews. For every ghetto, the German authorities appointed a Judenrat, which was usually composed of Jewish leaders acceptable to the community. Ghetto life was…