Extermination camp

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, the story follows a man and a boy who struggle with the repercussions of living in a post-apocalyptic United States. Throughout the novel, there are many physical obstacles they have to overcome, such as hunger and disease. Cannibals and street thugs who kill other survivors run rampant through the wilderness as well. Although they have close encounters with all of these things, the man tries to protect the boy from physical harm. The surrounding culture…

people and were brought to the first camp that they stay at. Key quotation: Questions/Reflections: Why was she yelling that there was a fire? Chapter 3 Summary: Everyone left their belongings in a cart and they separated men and women. Eliezer was able to stay in a group with his father and they were then sent to a line in front of a crematoria, but then they ordered them away and they got lucky. When they got into the barracks the new…

During WWII, Adolf Hitler, with the help of the Nazi regime, detained Jews from across their captured territory in concentration camps - sometimes referred to as “death factories”. Concentration camps usually starved their inhabitants, forced them to work long and strenuous hours, among other atrocities.Many Jews in concentration camps consoled themselves with the fact that none of the Allied countries knew the pain that they we’re going through. They convinced themselves that if they knew, they…

teaching and inspiring the youth about his past. Wiesel and his family were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp with millions of other Jews.…

Elie Wiesel, in his book the Night, described the horrific events of the Holocaust that occurred during the 20th century by writing about his experience in the German concentration camp, Auschwitz. By telling his story, it was possible for people to learn specifically what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust and identify the brutality of the German Nazi soldiers. However, despite these facts, Elie Wiesel at first, swore not to talk anything about the Holocaust. He had to bear so much pain…

thought about the future and this catastrophe happening again. A surviver and Nobel peace winner, Elie Wiesel, brought his story to the hearts of many, teaching and inspiring about his past. Wiesel and his family were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp with millions of other Jews. During his journey he is faced with obstacles that seem to be the end for him, but his father keeps him going and motivated to survive. Wiesel didn 't know if he would…

Never to be Forgotten and America and the holocaust are two pieces of work that deal with families and their hardships and losses during the war. Never to be Forgotten is the story of Beatrice Muchman and her family. Beatrice tells the story from her point-of-view as a Jewish child in a Nazi-occupied Belgium. America and the holocaust was a documentary about Kurt Klein and his family during the holocaust. There are many simliarities and differences between these two incredible stories of the…

“In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die” (Elie Wiesel). This alternate universe is nothing but one of destruction: the death of the soul. When one is constantly being beaten down, one no longer desires to live. In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the Jewish people lose their desire to live as a consequence of enduring extreme dehumanization at the hands of the Nazis. The Jews’ desire to live…

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is told from the point of view of the early 1940s in the middle of World War II. It is the story of a little boy named Bruno who is very naïve when it comes to the events of the world because he is not properly informed. He is born into a wealthy, important family in Berlin. There he is brought up with his three best friends for life: Karl, Daniel, and Martin, and his sister, Gretel, who is a “hopeless case” (Boyne p.3 and 7). He lives in a big house that is great…

Night is an account written by Elie Wiesel. Elie writes about his own life experiences during the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, and about all the terrifying memories he had dealing with the death of his family. He was only a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in Sighet. During this time they felt as if they needed to give up, or as if it was too much to go through. Elie was one of the very few that survived during this time. Some believe he lived in…