Christine
Barrantes
1940’s Survival
“Only no one is listening to me” Elie Wiesel once noted, Coming from the quote it shows the no understanding or respect given for the Jews And during the late 1940’s Hitler became supreme leader of Germany, causing the heart breaking silence and struggle to survive. The holocaust unleashed the wickedness that could be inflicted on another. Even though, surviving at the camps was not only uncertain but unlikely, the death marches continuously went on for days without proper material and a low on food supplies. After liberation, Jews were finally free of the brutality of the Nazis, but sure enough, Jews weren’t free from the savageness of man-kind. The Jewish community would soon have a glance of the horrors of the outside world, resolving in painful deaths and yet more scar full moments. The Jewish and undesirables would remain cautious from this event forever. This would soon be recognized as, the Holocaust.
Survival at camps was difficult, about 30,000 Jews were estimated to survive at labor camps, 30,000 out of over 1.6 million, and needless to say, only a small amount would survive this tragic event. For this reason, it expresses how hard it was to survive the camps. With not many options, Jews would remain low key from Nazis In fear for their own safety, remaining on their good side, listening to the officials, and most important, restoring their faith. While going beyond the most brutal suffering, Jewish and undesirables would Indre the pain and survive through the most terrible weather conditions. At camps Jews soon learned the only way to survive was to first survive mentally especially with all the horrible surroundings going on. To survive, prisoners of camps would contain a distance beyond the reach of the monstrous Nazis. During the mass killing of serval innocent Jews, some were able to survive even with the horrible beatings, starving’s, and floggings going around the camp. Surviving the camps was difficult but Jews managed. “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
“From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story” Craig Scott once stated, on liberation day of the holocaust it was a final determination of Hitler and the Nazis crimes and a day of renewed hope. Those who would survive would be free of the camps and the Hitler’s formal laws but the struggle of the hatred of mankind would still be proven to exist. Jewish survivors were free but still being put hold of vicious threats after liberation. Many Jewish property had already been taken, Jews once again, being put out of their own homes, not by Nazis; but by local people, locals would fear that Jews would demand their properties and belongings returned causing locals to get frustrated with the Jewish community. Survivors would still have many hatred causing out breaks.
In Poland from the end of the war, summer of 1946 poles murdered approximately 1,500 Jewish survivors, and on July 4th yet another outbreak which would be named “The Blood libel Massacre” On random forty-two Jewish survivors were murdered and forty were wounded by neighbors and policemen of the village. Still, all around formal Nazi territories it was reported that there was many stabbings, beatings, and shootings of formal Nazi supporters. Too many would still not want Jews around. To repeat of the many problems going on, Survivors of the holocaust were still recovering both mentally and physically, still very weak from the starvation and beatings due to the holocaust; Making it difficult to even move, causing non-Jewish and non-undesirables anxious. Survivors would always have a great fear of an uprising, in thought that Nazis would fight back to restore lost power and come back to finish what they have started. To continue, survivors of the holocaust would still have to mourn over loss of friends and families, many were dead and others were not be found “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
During the last months of the war many were transported to camps in Germany and Austria, The German army would begin retreating prisoners westwards. By doing this, Nazis wanted to have Jewish slaves away from the concentration camps. Nazis remaining violent, Meanwhile, prisoners being weak, and in poor material only having the one layer of pajamas and wooden shoes, the prisoners would get frostbite. Only half would survive, many tried to escape or were too weak. Prisoners would have to sleep on the icy winter snow having no blankets or heat. Many would not awake after falling asleep. With being exposed and having very little time to rest and with the terrible weather conditions the prisoners would be to be tired to keep going, and for that reason they would be shot if they wouldn’t catch up. Over 250,000 people died due just to the weather conditions. The main reason for this doing was to make sure of no witnesses to Hitler’s and the Nazis crimes. Death marches could last for weeks at a time. After the war, hundreds of graves were made for the victims that were found along the routes of the marches. “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
All in All, survival at the camps would not only about actually surviving but it would also be about living with the mark Hitler and Nazis would leave for the rest of Jewish and undesirables lives from the concentration camps, survival after liberation was still cruel, and death marches would be left as one of the most horrific killings. The Jewish population faced more than enough challenges during the late 1940’s having losing their homes, belongings, families, self’s, and pride. All taken away by Hitler and the Nazi population, but once again, “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
Gabi Lapinska
World War II
“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it, only as one who has seen it’s brutality, it’s futility, it’s stupidity.” This quote was said by a general that goes by the name Dwight D. Eisenhower. It means that he has lived through war and knows the tragedies of it and he, like most others, would never want to re-live it. World War II was a terrifying time rising from cruelty and ending the lives of people all over the world. The invasion of Poland started the war and left countless Poles and other foreigners dead. Pearl Harbor was another event that affected all Americans. Finally, the Holocaust was the most horrifying effect of the second world war.
To start off, the invasion of Poland started the war and left countless Poles and other foreigners dead. They were attacked in September, 1939. “The Polish Army was defeated within weeks of the invasion” (www.ushmm.org). This means that the Nazis were very powerful and Poland was not as prepared as they thought. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland on September 17 that same year. Nazi Germany used over 2000 tank and 1000 planes. Eventually, on September 27 1939, Warsaw the capital, surrendered to the Germans. Most knew it as “The Fall of Warsaw.” Later, Britain and France also got involved and declared war on Germany. Although Nazi Germany already had cities such as Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin and Radom under their control, they yearned for more and invaded the rest of Poland after the invasion of the Soviet Union.
All of those facts are hard to take in all at once because of the chain of events it all caused. The main event was the invasion, and like stated before, was the start of the war which later caused the so called chain. Though, focusing on the invasion, many people lay dead that day fighting for their freedom, and clearly the Germans were overpowering them. The amount of tragedies of that day and everyday after until the end of the war, were massive. Poland suffered a great deal because of the brutality, as stated in Dwight Eisenhower’s quote, of the Nazis that were under Hitler’s command.
To continue, Pearl Harbor was an event that had an affect on all Americans. On September 7, 1941, before 8 a.m. Japan bombed a naval base near Honolulu Hawaii. It was a surprise attack that no one saw coming. Over 2000 American soldiers were killed and 1000 were injured. Ships sank with thousands of soldiers on board. Th casualties were not rare at all. By this time, America had officially entered the war. “Three days later, Japanese allies Germany and Italy declared war against the United States” (www.history.com). This quote shows that most countries wanted America to be involved and Japan only started that. America by then entered the war for good.
The other countries weren't the only ones to want America in the war. Right after the atrocity of Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was the president at the time, decided to act. He felt what happened could not be left alone. He wanted to declare war, and congress did approve. At that point, it can be said that the world was at war, which it was.
Finally, the Holocaust was the most horrifying affect of the second world war. The Nazis thought people thought people like the Jews were low ranking. That is why they targeted them, and others such as Gypsies, homosexuals and even disabled people. Those people were tortured in ways people now could never imagine. There were experiments done on innocent people, and amounts of work done they had to deal with that could have been a month’s work in a day. “What do you expect? Thats war…” (Wiesel, 6). That quote by the author Elie Wiesel simply means that they could expect nothing less, or so the people thought that weren’t in the experiments. Nazi Germany thought of many ways for torture.
Experiments and work were not the only ways they tortured people. There were places they took all undesirables to, which were concentration camps. They were where most people died. They were sent there in box cars which were most unpleasant. They would put 70 to 120 men, women and children in at once. Clearly every step and undesirable took, was a step closer to their death. The camps had things like gas chambers and crematoriums that people were put in to die. All of this torture in the time of the Holocaust lasted about 6 years, but it is not certain.
All together, World War II was a terrifying time rising from cruelty, and ending the lives of people all over the world. First of all, the invasion of Poland left countless Poles and other foreigners dead, and it marked the start of the war. To add, Pearl Harbor enraged and touched people all over the United States of America and lastly, the Holocaust was the most horrifying and tragic event of the second world war. In conclusion, World War II was a bloody battle that should never have to repeat or be forgotten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh3Fl_Rhcw4 - This is a video of top 10 facts about World War II
1940’s Survival
“Only no one is listening to me” Elie Wiesel once noted, Coming from the quote it shows the no understanding or respect given for the Jews And during the late 1940’s Hitler became supreme leader of Germany, causing the heart breaking silence and struggle to survive. The holocaust unleashed the wickedness that could be inflicted on another. Even though, surviving at the camps was not only uncertain but unlikely, the death marches continuously went on for days without proper material and a low on food supplies. After liberation, Jews were finally free of the brutality of the Nazis, but sure enough, Jews weren’t free from the savageness of man-kind. The Jewish community would soon have a glance of the horrors of the outside world, resolving in painful deaths and yet more scar full moments. The Jewish and undesirables would remain cautious from this event forever. This would soon be recognized as, the Holocaust.
Survival at camps was difficult, about 30,000 Jews were estimated to survive at labor camps, 30,000 out of over 1.6 million, and needless to say, only a small amount would survive this tragic event. For this reason, it expresses how hard it was to survive the camps. With not many options, Jews would remain low key from Nazis In fear for their own safety, remaining on their good side, listening to the officials, and most important, restoring their faith. While going beyond the most brutal suffering, Jewish and undesirables would Indre the pain and survive through the most terrible weather conditions. At camps Jews soon learned the only way to survive was to first survive mentally especially with all the horrible surroundings going on. To survive, prisoners of camps would contain a distance beyond the reach of the monstrous Nazis. During the mass killing of serval innocent Jews, some were able to survive even with the horrible beatings, starving’s, and floggings going around the camp. Surviving the camps was difficult but Jews managed. “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
“From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story” Craig Scott once stated, on liberation day of the holocaust it was a final determination of Hitler and the Nazis crimes and a day of renewed hope. Those who would survive would be free of the camps and the Hitler’s formal laws but the struggle of the hatred of mankind would still be proven to exist. Jewish survivors were free but still being put hold of vicious threats after liberation. Many Jewish property had already been taken, Jews once again, being put out of their own homes, not by Nazis; but by local people, locals would fear that Jews would demand their properties and belongings returned causing locals to get frustrated with the Jewish community. Survivors would still have many hatred causing out breaks.
In Poland from the end of the war, summer of 1946 poles murdered approximately 1,500 Jewish survivors, and on July 4th yet another outbreak which would be named “The Blood libel Massacre” On random forty-two Jewish survivors were murdered and forty were wounded by neighbors and policemen of the village. Still, all around formal Nazi territories it was reported that there was many stabbings, beatings, and shootings of formal Nazi supporters. Too many would still not want Jews around. To repeat of the many problems going on, Survivors of the holocaust were still recovering both mentally and physically, still very weak from the starvation and beatings due to the holocaust; Making it difficult to even move, causing non-Jewish and non-undesirables anxious. Survivors would always have a great fear of an uprising, in thought that Nazis would fight back to restore lost power and come back to finish what they have started. To continue, survivors of the holocaust would still have to mourn over loss of friends and families, many were dead and others were not be found “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
During the last months of the war many were transported to camps in Germany and Austria, The German army would begin retreating prisoners westwards. By doing this, Nazis wanted to have Jewish slaves away from the concentration camps. Nazis remaining violent, Meanwhile, prisoners being weak, and in poor material only having the one layer of pajamas and wooden shoes, the prisoners would get frostbite. Only half would survive, many tried to escape or were too weak. Prisoners would have to sleep on the icy winter snow having no blankets or heat. Many would not awake after falling asleep. With being exposed and having very little time to rest and with the terrible weather conditions the prisoners would be to be tired to keep going, and for that reason they would be shot if they wouldn’t catch up. Over 250,000 people died due just to the weather conditions. The main reason for this doing was to make sure of no witnesses to Hitler’s and the Nazis crimes. Death marches could last for weeks at a time. After the war, hundreds of graves were made for the victims that were found along the routes of the marches. “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
All in All, survival at the camps would not only about actually surviving but it would also be about living with the mark Hitler and Nazis would leave for the rest of Jewish and undesirables lives from the concentration camps, survival after liberation was still cruel, and death marches would be left as one of the most horrific killings. The Jewish population faced more than enough challenges during the late 1940’s having losing their homes, belongings, families, self’s, and pride. All taken away by Hitler and the Nazi population, but once again, “Am’ yisrael chai” through it all the Jewish people live.
Gabi Lapinska
World War II
“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it, only as one who has seen it’s brutality, it’s futility, it’s stupidity.” This quote was said by a general that goes by the name Dwight D. Eisenhower. It means that he has lived through war and knows the tragedies of it and he, like most others, would never want to re-live it. World War II was a terrifying time rising from cruelty and ending the lives of people all over the world. The invasion of Poland started the war and left countless Poles and other foreigners dead. Pearl Harbor was another event that affected all Americans. Finally, the Holocaust was the most horrifying effect of the second world war.
To start off, the invasion of Poland started the war and left countless Poles and other foreigners dead. They were attacked in September, 1939. “The Polish Army was defeated within weeks of the invasion” (www.ushmm.org). This means that the Nazis were very powerful and Poland was not as prepared as they thought. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland on September 17 that same year. Nazi Germany used over 2000 tank and 1000 planes. Eventually, on September 27 1939, Warsaw the capital, surrendered to the Germans. Most knew it as “The Fall of Warsaw.” Later, Britain and France also got involved and declared war on Germany. Although Nazi Germany already had cities such as Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin and Radom under their control, they yearned for more and invaded the rest of Poland after the invasion of the Soviet Union.
All of those facts are hard to take in all at once because of the chain of events it all caused. The main event was the invasion, and like stated before, was the start of the war which later caused the so called chain. Though, focusing on the invasion, many people lay dead that day fighting for their freedom, and clearly the Germans were overpowering them. The amount of tragedies of that day and everyday after until the end of the war, were massive. Poland suffered a great deal because of the brutality, as stated in Dwight Eisenhower’s quote, of the Nazis that were under Hitler’s command.
To continue, Pearl Harbor was an event that had an affect on all Americans. On September 7, 1941, before 8 a.m. Japan bombed a naval base near Honolulu Hawaii. It was a surprise attack that no one saw coming. Over 2000 American soldiers were killed and 1000 were injured. Ships sank with thousands of soldiers on board. Th casualties were not rare at all. By this time, America had officially entered the war. “Three days later, Japanese allies Germany and Italy declared war against the United States” (www.history.com). This quote shows that most countries wanted America to be involved and Japan only started that. America by then entered the war for good.
The other countries weren't the only ones to want America in the war. Right after the atrocity of Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was the president at the time, decided to act. He felt what happened could not be left alone. He wanted to declare war, and congress did approve. At that point, it can be said that the world was at war, which it was.
Finally, the Holocaust was the most horrifying affect of the second world war. The Nazis thought people thought people like the Jews were low ranking. That is why they targeted them, and others such as Gypsies, homosexuals and even disabled people. Those people were tortured in ways people now could never imagine. There were experiments done on innocent people, and amounts of work done they had to deal with that could have been a month’s work in a day. “What do you expect? Thats war…” (Wiesel, 6). That quote by the author Elie Wiesel simply means that they could expect nothing less, or so the people thought that weren’t in the experiments. Nazi Germany thought of many ways for torture.
Experiments and work were not the only ways they tortured people. There were places they took all undesirables to, which were concentration camps. They were where most people died. They were sent there in box cars which were most unpleasant. They would put 70 to 120 men, women and children in at once. Clearly every step and undesirable took, was a step closer to their death. The camps had things like gas chambers and crematoriums that people were put in to die. All of this torture in the time of the Holocaust lasted about 6 years, but it is not certain.
All together, World War II was a terrifying time rising from cruelty, and ending the lives of people all over the world. First of all, the invasion of Poland left countless Poles and other foreigners dead, and it marked the start of the war. To add, Pearl Harbor enraged and touched people all over the United States of America and lastly, the Holocaust was the most horrifying and tragic event of the second world war. In conclusion, World War II was a bloody battle that should never have to repeat or be forgotten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh3Fl_Rhcw4 - This is a video of top 10 facts about World War II