Argumentative Essay On Auschwitz

Antoinette Moreno

Miss Royuk

English 8 (G3)

3-12-18 Auschwitz Essay

You might think that Auschwitz is just a word. It’s more than just a word, it’s a place. A place where Jews were experimented on, held against their will, and killed for religious reasons. Auschwitz was a place that traumatized everyone who was kept in the concentration camp. It’s no longer in use, but the camp is still open today. Hitler thought if the Jews are not going to leave then might as well kill them. So he created the final solution and it took place in Poland’s most violent slaughter house: Auschwitz .

Auschwitz was built in April 1940 in Oswiecim, Poland. According to Christian T Palmeri, “Rudolf Höss started Auschwitz”. Auschwitz was three camps into

Not just Jews, but many other people. According to Palmeri, “many Polish citizens were arrested after Germany annexed the country in 1939.” “These detainees included anti-Nazi activists, politicians, resistance members and luminaries from the cultural and scientific communities.” Gypsies, Communists, and Homosexuals were also put into the camp. Those people suffered in Auschwitz. They faced a lot of consequences in

But some people were lucky to escape. If a person was caught trying to escape, the Nazis would execute them the next day. But some Jews were lucky to escape Auschwitz. According to Israel Guntman, he claims that “two Slovak Jews , Rudolf Vrba (Walter Rosenberg) and Alfred Wetzler, began the steps that would lead to their escape from the camp.” Guntman also states that “Members of the Auschwitz underground prepared a hideout for them in a gap in a woodpile that was located beyond the camp's inner perimeter”. They had to wait a couple of nights to flee to the location or else they would get caught. As you can see, some people were lucky while some others were not.

But Auschwitz didn’t stand for long. The Nazis started to slowly kill the Jews when they started to run out. But they stopped when the allies defeated Germany. According to Palmeri, “When the Soviet army entered Auschwitz on January 27, they found approximately seven thousand-six hundred people were sick or emaciated detainees who had been left behind.” The Jews were saved and were treated with care. It was a miracle for the