The Holocaust Exposed In Jakob's Story '

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There are many negative effects that the holocaust had on the people who lived through it can be summed up in one word; torture. The survivors of the Holocaust were constantly abused, and weren't treated like equals nor humans, but like animals. In this result, many people controlled by the Holocaust had been better beaten to death. According to the three texts, these survivors were abused, lost loved ones, and were treated like animals.

One negative outcome of the Holocaust was the abuse. For example, in the narrative “Jakob’s Story” Jakob tells us some of the types of abuse everyone faced. Jakob explains “...resulted in my receiving a hard slap to my face and getting thrown to the ground.” (Jakob ¶ 9). By looking at the citation, one can see some of the many types of abuse these victims faced. This is important because this is how some of the refugees died while working in the Holocaust.

Another negative outcome of the Holocaust was the loss of loved ones. For example, in the article “Jakob’s Story” Jakob describes to us the feeling of losing the people he cares about, his mother and his sister. Jakob states “They took the women directly to the gas chambers and afterward to the crematoria- my mother and sister were among them!!!” (Jakob ¶4) By looking at the citation, one can feel and even experience the pain that Jakob …show more content…

For example, in the Poem “I’m Telling the Story” Klein informs us about the hardships they faced. Klein writes “Unclad frail feet were trudging in the snow To dig deep trenches with enslaved hands… In rags, soiled, infested with lice, Stabbed by hunger and lined up by fives”(Klein Stanza 2 & 4). By looking at the citation, one can see the roughness that the victims lived by. We can also see that some were even worked to death. This is important because many people died by the living conditions in these types of concentration

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