Hannah Goslar Sacrifice

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Sacrifice. Forced to work. Horrible conditions. Survival. All these things Hannah Goslar had to endure while she was fighting for her life during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the mass destruction of over 600 million Jews. Yet out of all those Jews only about 900,000 survived. Hannah Goslar was one of those 900,000 Jews put through the concentration camps and came out with their lives. Hannah Goslar is a strong, important survivor of the Holocaust because of the close relationship to Anne Frank, her life as a Jew, and her struggle in Bergan-Belson.
First, Hanna Goslar is someone to remember in history because of her connection to Anne Frank while she was growing up and during the Holocaust. Hannah and Anne were such close friends when they were young that Hannah is mentioned several times in Anne's diary. The two girls met on their first day of kindergarten and when interviewed, Hannah tells Jerusalem Post that when Anne saw her, "she turned around and ran into my arms," (Goslar). Not only did they attend the same schools, but they were …show more content…

As a Jew Hannah Goslar had to follow strict rules and was very violently persecuted. Not only were Jews looked down on as a people group, in the mid 1900's at the start of World War II the Jews were extremely limited. Every night they had a strict curfew and during the day they were restricted to only designated areas. Jews were only allowed to attend certain schools, only allowed to shop at certain shops within a specific time window and were forced to sew the yellow star of David on every piece of clothing they owned. During the war Adolf Hitler convinced people that Jews were the cause of all the fighting and destruction, but in the end, it was him. If Hannah Goslar was not a Jew, her life would have been completely different, and she would not be an amazing example of perseverance, bravery, and strength that she is

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