Edith And Her Adaptive Family Essay

Millions of people were killed, even more were hurt. But the entire world was left with the tragic memory of the holocaust. The holocaust was an event that started in 1933 and ended in 1945. These 13 years were some of the most tragic years in history to date. Hitler(the creator of the event)killed over 6 million Jews because he felt like they were becoming overpopulated with them. Jews were brought over to concentration camps with the idea that they were coming over to start a better life. But in reality they were ripped from their families and put to work for no pay and when hitler felt they had enough done they would be killed. With other countries like the U.S hard at work with their own issues there really wasn't even any outsiders that

But most importantly what it took to get there. Edith was just one of many Jews who had no idea what was going on and confused but what was going on around her. She was shocked at the reality of it all. The reporter even explains that Edith had, said “Edith couldn't understand why this was, but as there wasn't a Jewish school in the vicinity she no longer went to school at all. “Edith couldn't understand why this was, but as there wasn't a Jewish school in the vicinity she no longer went to school at all.” (Author, 1) clearly things were starting to take a turn in where she was living in Germany. She was treated differently and she even had to close her family's shop down. “eventually the small shop the family ran in the village, which sold loose flour, sugar, washing powder and similar commodities, had to close.” (Author, 1) There mother was frantic and was trying to find any way she could to save Edith. She was lucky enough to find two families (one for Edith and one for her sister) next door to each other that were willing to take the girls in. They made their journey to England while they knew their mother was being exported to camps. It was challenging but the girls were so lucky and they lived a nice life in england after