The Holocaust And The Survivors Of The Holocaust

In all of history there have been very few events as horrific and detestable as those which occurred during one of the longest and most prolific examples of genocide that has ever occurred, The Holocaust. During this time, Hitler ascended to power and devised a plan that called for the creation of the Aryan race by carrying out The Final Solution. In this plan, Jews as well as many other undesirables were captured and eventually imprisoned in one of many concentration camps established throughout all of Europe. These camps were constructed with two main purposes-to kill those who were deemed unfit for work or to perform hard labor that would be used for support the German war effort. The brutal treatment of prisoners during the Holocaust can

Individuals, families, and even a whole community would get locked up in cattle trucks and struggled to survive for days. These poor, helpless people had absolutely no information on what was happening, where they were going, how long it would take, or what was going to happen to them when they got to their destination. Survivors of the holocaust will not forget what was just the beginning of their morbid experience of the journey, “Some 20 railway cars were waiting for us... There were 70 to 80 people in a car... After a while, there was a muffled sound of closing latches... the whistle blew and the train started moving slowly. It was April 7, 1943. Penned in and cramped, we departed from our homeland, without being able to see it.” Said Jack, a young 15 year old boy explaining what he remember vividly from this unreal feeling reality. Also sharing his perspective of things a young 17 year old guy named moshe exclaimed “the doors were shut, leaving us almost in darkness. The grills, too, were closed to prevent escape. Air entered only through the cracks. So we travelled for 24 hours, without food or water. We were hungry and thirsty. But the desire and hope to see our families made us forget everything else.” (holocaustexplained). As noticed, this was an extremely inhumane way of doing things, not like the Nazis cared as this was their preference. Many of the young, old, sick, or weak died on this journey due to the cold blooded conditions of the transports (holocaustexplained). During the time the prisoners were trapped inside the transports, some may have began to develop hope that things may get better once it 's over, once they got to the gate and the door was opened they then saw their first glimpse of sunlight since leaving the ghettos, their first glimpse of a new place that all they could do is wish to be