Vladek’s Money: Money Helped Vladek Survive the Germans during the Holocaust

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Wealth and ingenious can decide one's destiny during the Holocaust. In the Holocaust, money plays a crucial role in helping Jews survive the Holocaust. When the Germans raid the ghetto, were Vladek and his family were in hiding. Vladek pays for materials to help make bunkers for him and his family. Also, Vladek pays others to stay at their houses after they escaped the ghetto. Without these bunkers Vladek and his family would likely be found by the Germans and taken to a concentration camp. Money was extremely helpful to the Jews. It is used to buy food and other various items to help survive the Holocaust. Money decides the fate of Vladek’s future in the Holocaust, such as he buys work permits from German overseers, he uses his valuables to buy food for his family, Vladek uses his money to acquire a bunker for him and his family to hide him.
Money was crucial to surviving the Holocaust. Vladek used money to pay for a hiding place for his family. Vladek’s bunker serves as a crucial hiding spot when the Germans raid the ghetto. Vladek arranged for his family to hide in the bunker when the Germans were raiding the ghetto during the Holocaust. Artie was discussing the bunker to his father-in law, “I arranged for us a very good hiding spot” (Spiegelman, 110). Vladek used money to buy hiding places. Vladek suggests that the bunkers be in places that are not too obvious too be spotted in. False walls in sheds or in the back of the house. Also, bunkers in the attic with a false wall, or in the cellar hiding behind a false wall. When the gestapo raided the ghetto Vladek and his family goes to hide in the bunker. Vladek has a new bunker arranged every time his family is moved. Without the bunkers he and his family would be sent to the co...

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...oney and his valuables to escape from the Germans. Also money can be used to buy a bunker to hide in. Bunkers were a popular hiding space for Vladek’s family. Vladek, uses his money and his valuables to bribe a German overseer and gets him a priority work card. So he is legally working for the Germans. Vladek received food coupons, for food. Those food coupons did not give Vladek and Anja enough food to feed both of them. During the Holocaust good food was hard to come by so when Vladek found out about the black market he took advantage of it. Vladek uses his money and his valuables to purchase food from Ms.Motonowa. She sells fresh loaves of bread, chocolate, and food that you normally could not get with food coupons. During the Holocaust the supplies and resources were very limited. With money the Jews had many more opportunities to help you survive the Holocaust.

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