Extermination camp

the sight of people collapsing from starvation is common,” (Friedlander 205), this quote comes from the book Nazi Germany and Jews, 1933-1945; the author discusses the devastating state in which the victims encountered, such as marches to certain camps without the presence of food or water, and being forced to strip bare whenever they were commanded. The painter, David, had seen these incidents, because of his occupation at the gas chambers, so as a witness to the struggle of these innocent…

Have you ever been in a situation that you feel like doing the right thing, even when others might do something different? Everyone has courage, but what is rare is when people actually show it. In The Diary of Anne Frank Play (written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Mr. Dussel are all Jewish people who need to go into hiding to stay safe during World War 2. Miep Gies is one of the people that helps hide them. Miep shows courage by helping the…

First, In Lodz ghetto there were two main death camps named Chelmno extermination camp and Auschwitz -Birkenau extermination camp. Lodz was located in Germany and occupied by the Poland's. There were a total of 68,000 Jews that passed through Lodz. Out of the 68,000 people only 877 survived. Diseases were a major problem. Medical supplies were also very limited and Lodz was very packed. In January of 1942 10,000 Jews were sent to Chelmno extermination camp. In Chelmno the Jews were killed. They…

was sadly one of the most efficient concentration camps, mainly because of the large amount of Jews killed there, it was located in southern Poland, and started off as a detention center for prisoners. It soon evolved into something much worse, a death camp where men, women, and children were all murdered, usually by gas chambers, burning in the crematoria, or simply by overworking and starving. (“Auschwitz 1”) Auschwitz and so many other camps all started off as one idea by one man, Adolf…

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…

A hoax, an exaggeration, a lie. That is the Holocaust in the eyes of deniers. All three help support their argument of the Holocaust not existing. When Hitler took control of Germany, these anti-semitic views grew rapidly. “While the Holocaust is one of the best documented genocides in history, with a wide array of evidence documenting virtually every aspect of it” (Lipstadt, 2011), people around the world still decide to turn a cold shoulder. Denial of it and distortion of facts are generally…

Treblinka, was one of the worst places on earth. There history wasn’t the best. Although it was a death camp the most important thing to take out was there so called ,“Treblinka Act Of Resistance”. They wanted to be free, to be able to live again. Samuel Willenberg survived the camp. Treblinka Act of resistance was example of armed resistance to where they used they strength to escape. On August 2, 1943, prisoners started to steal weapons, but were discovered before they could rise up.…

Auschwitz was a pretty expansive camp, but the author describes the scene like he knew it like the back of his hand. He went through the social status of each inmate, the camp’s treatment to Jews, the in and outs of Mengele’s choosing of who dies, and the camp’s processes. When you are taken in under one of the leader’s wings, it is almost necessary to understand everything about the camp itself So far, this book is a definite page turner. I am aware that more…

Hitler and the Nazis created concentration camps first (Shuter, Life and Death in the camps, 6). The Jews were told that they were going to be re-educated about Nazi beliefs and then be released (Shuter, Life and Death in the Camps, 6). Labor camps were created next to work the Jews to death (6). Finally, the death camps were created to end the Jewish population. Death camps made the Holocaust possible because these are where most of the Jews were killed. These were established to make the…

concentration camp of World War II”, Auschwitz concentration camp is guilty of the mass murder of 1.1 million Jews. Even though the Nazis tried to fulfill their goal of the extermination of all Jews and did not succeed, Auschwitz was the worst environment to live in, with its many atrocities and wretched living conditions. Auschwitz, being located in Oswiecim, Poland, imported dozens of overcrowded trains with captured humans at the camp everyday (Whiting, 32). Being led into the camp by S.S…