Burning Hope: Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust

According to the texts and eyewitness accounts, the Holocaust had horrendous effects on the people who lived through it. During this time Jews were being rounded up and put into concentration camps by order of the German government. Writings and testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust are around even to this day. According to these sources, Holocaust survivors suffered tremendously since they were treated as less than human , they lost loved ones, and were constantly abused.

The Holocaust, yet another unpleasant time in history tainted with the blood and suffering of man. Human beings tortured, executed and starved for hatred and radical ideas. Yet with many tragedies there are survivors, those who refused to die on another man’s command. These victims showed enormous willpower, they overcame human degradation and tragedies that not only pushed their beliefs in god, but their trust in fellow people. It was people like Elie Wiesel author of “Night”, Eva Galler,Sima Gleichgevicht-Wasser, and Solomon Radasky that survived, whose’ mental and physical capabilities were pushed to limits that are difficult to conceive. Each individual experiences were different, but their survival tales not so far-reaching to where the fundamental themes of fear, family, religion and self-preservation played a part in surviving. Although some of these themes weren’t always so useful for survival.

Elizabeth Feldman –de Jang and Nathan Nothman are both survivors of the Holocaust, but just like every individual survivor, they share different stories. One of the few things that may unite them is the specific fact that they are both Jewish and despite all odds, they managed to survive and share their stories.

One of the most horrific events in all of history… the Holocaust. The Holocaust in all killed over 6 million Jewish people, but there are still some survivors today to tell the their story so we can learn. A few never want to speak about the war and the one’s that do have taught us things we can’t even imagine. Meet Elie Wiesel, writer, teacher and survivor of the Holocaust.

Who survived the holocaust? What are their lives like today? What has been the government's response towards those who survived after World War II? Have the survivors kept their faith? How has the survivors next generation been affected? The survivors of the holocaust were deeply effected by the trauma they encountered. This unforgettable experience influenced their lives, those around them, and even their descendants.

Budapest in January of 1945. Lantos went around trying to locate his family that he had

The holocaust was a time people were surrounded by humiliation, exploitation, hardships, loss and death. It was barely possible for people to stay human during this time. The Holocaust was a severe tragedy that happened in the early 1940s and will forever be remembered. There were many people,The Bielski brothers in particular, who remarkably fought against the beliefs and doings of Hitler and the Nazi party.

Towards the end of World War II ally powers began to come across concentration camps which housed what the Nazi’s deemed the “undesirables” mainly people of the Jewish faith, gypsies, Russians, polish, the mentally disabled, and the physically impaired. What happened in these camps is one of the most appalling events in world history which would become to be known as the Holocaust. Approximately eleven million people died in the Holocaust due to malnourishment, slave labor, extermination, and medical experimentation (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). These were so heinous that allied powers took the Nazi members to international court for crimes against humanity, which became to be known as the Nuremburg Trials (Duhaime's Law Dictionary).

When we talk about the Holocaust and the pain the Jewish people faced we focus on the violence within Europe causes by the Nazis. However, this discussion misses two fundamental aspects of life during this time period.

An Honest Depiction of the Holocaust There are moments in history that we wish we could erase, events so horrible many choose to forget them. The Holocaust is widely regarded as one of the lowest points in human history, but there are plentiful lessons to be learned from it. The events of the Holocaust should be depicted honestly in literature without sensationalizing “heroes” or neglecting victims for the sake of the stories entertainment value.

Psychological Effects of the Holocaust on Its Survivors After the liberation of the World War II European death camps, many survivors suffered from psychological traumas, such as post traumatic stress disorder, which had various mental effects. PTSD is a reaction to a traumatic event where a person can see he is in danger, his life is being threatened, or other people die or are injured in circumstances that are out of that person’s control. The Holocaust was a very traumatic experience for millions of people. The memories of death and horror of those who lived in the death camps cause this experience to haunt survivors long after being freed from imprisonment.

This evening I was fortunate enough to hear from one of the few remaining survivors from the Holocaust, Irving Roth. Sure the Holocaust may have been several decades ago, but there is no doubt that it is an event in history that we as a nation can never forget. What started out as an opportunity to earn extra credit on an exam turned into a very interesting as well as emotional moment. Mr. Roth touched on many different aspects of the Holocaust before, during, and after the tragic event.

September 1, 1939 was a nightmare in history for the Jews and it even “hit home” for some of the people across the seas. When the books usually talk about the Holocaust the almost immediate thought that comes to the brain were the Nazis, the horrible, the “bad guys”, but there are those people that were there that gave the Jewish race hope, and we call those our Heroes.

Next, your probably wondering how the German population was able to go on in life and think these concentration camps were a happy ray of sunshine. It was almost like the regular German population had no clue the effects of the holocaust. It was all propaganda. The nazis were cleaver with how they displayed the concentration camps. They pre-trade how the camp had all the benefits that the normal society had. They completely convinced the German population that everything was

Question 6: I believe that when the organization response after meeting with Holocaust survivors and kids of the Holocaust survivors was an adequate response to the controversy. “At the museums entrance gallery, an interpretive video…” (Swann 453). By having two videos one at the entrance and the exit brought the whole community together. They also helped public informative programs for the public.