Children of the Camps Essay

The conditions that the Jews and other were put through were super horrible. They were forced into boxcars that didn’t have anything in them and they wondered where they were and where they were going. They stood in the boxcars for days with no food or water to keep them alive. (Joseph)(Source 3) Along their way to the concentration camps they were exposed to harsh weather. In the summer it was scorching hot and in the winter it was freezing cold. Since they were shoved amongst each other they suffered from suffocation. Along their journey many young and old died along the way (“The Holocaust”)(Source 2). Inside the boxcars there was no windows or anyway to breath. It was also very unsanitary because of the abundance of people in them and they didn’t have any water to at least wash themselves with. All they could do was stand there in the dark and wait (Joseph) (Source

Relationships, such as parents and kids relationships were torn apart, as parents had to pick “favorites” and which ever kid they didn’t pick, had to be deported (Weinstock 12). Kids also had to make sacrifices for their parents, like Elie said “i decided to give my father lessons in marching in step, in keeping time” (Wiesel 55) because he father didn’t know how to march properly, and Elie didn’t want to see his father get beat to death, or almost to death. Although some children made good sacrifices for their parents, such as trying to help them stay alive, some children weren’t as nice to their parents “a boy of thirteen, beat his father for not making his bed properly” (Wiesel 63) this boy didn’t to much care for his father’s life, as much as his own. He was too worried about himself not getting beaten by the SS officers, that he didn’t even care that it was his father he was beating. There was a “ ‘sacrifice of millions at the front’ “ (Hitler talks of Jewish annihilation’ 14) of German soldiers, American soldiers, and other soldiers fighting against the

For thousands of Jewish children the only way to survive the holocaust was to hide. When World War two was in action all Jewish people that lived in Europe were ordered to be killed no matter their wealth, religion, age, health, beliefs etc.. When children were put into hiding they were most of the time crammed into small spaces such as attics or cellars with large groups of people which caused very tight living quarters for long periods of time. Almost all of the children that were in the Holocaust that were not hidden were killed and those who survived and continued in school had to be able to pass as “non-jews” including not having an accent or strong “jewish” features that could possibly give away them or their family that was in hiding.

Some people didn’t even survive the train ride and would die there. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, says on page 23, “Lying down was not an option...as did the heat.” Once you arrive at the camp you were automatically separated into groups by men, women, women with children and teenagers. If you were a woman with children or if you were elderly, you were automatically sent to die very quickly and most likely in a gas chamber. If you were a teenager you were sent to die a slow death.

Several conditions in the Nazi concentration camps and work camps made it very hard for children to survive. The camps were tremendously ruthless.The epidemics that broke out in the camps, including the awful living conditions were very diverse mainly during the years that the camps operated. They were also uniquely contrasting in each different camp. Whereas many other conditions such as, executions, hard labor, etc. had a great effect of death of the children, some conditions were worse than others causing the children to pass away real quick. Medical experiments and living conditions had the greatest effect of death of children in the Nazi work camps during WWII. Not only were the children involuntarily used for medical experiments they were also forced to live in brutal living conditions.

Ruthie is described as being lonely and odd in some ways. She laughs all by herself, wore different color socks, and enjoys playing with kids. She is older than most of the children she hangs out with, but this would be one of the reasons people would spend time with her. Ruthie has something to teach to the kids and they can go to her for advice when what they really need is an adults opinion. They can share things with her which they may not be able to do with their parents or siblings.

Over one million Jewish children died during the Holocaust. They were ripped out of their homes and taken away from their families, and stripped of their childhoods. Innocent lives were caught in a war that they were not able to stop. When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, he promised Germany that he would improve life their by getting rid of the one race that caused the problems, the Jews. Jews, including Jewish children, were sent to concentration camps, inspected, and if approved, were sent to work. All others would have been sent to be killed. Being sent to work did not ensure survival, children would be given very little food and water, and beaten severely, which caused their death. None of the children of the Holocaust will ever

Throughout the Holocaust, “the Nazis killed over 1.5 billion children” (Children during the Holocaust). Of these children, one million of them were Jewish. The Nazis had no good reason to kill them; they only killed these innocent children because Hitler did not care for their race. The Nazis, a forceful, merciless power led by Adolf Hitler brainwashed the country of Germany into believing that Jews and other races were awful. These children bravely fought persecution and avoided death by hiding or receiving help, which makes us remember these people like Anne Frank, but it was not just the Jewish and other races that were in trouble, the German children got into trouble by joining Hitler Youth.

Women’s roles in society have become more equal to men’s and have overwhelmingly changed since the 1930s. There have always been influential women throughout history, however, their influential techniques have changed greatly. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, women’s expectations, roles and opportunities, and their treatment can be compared to women today.

The conditions of the camp were unbearable. The prisoners were barely fed, mainly bread and water, and were cramped in small sleeping arrangements. "Hundreds slept in triple-tiered rows of bunks (Adler 51)." In the quarters that they stayed, there were no adequate cleaning facilities or restrooms for the prisoners. They rarely were able to change clothes which meant the "clothes were always infested with lice (Swiebocka 18)." Those were sick went to the infirmary where also there were eventually killed in the gas chambers or a lethal injection. The Germans did not want to have anyone not capable of hard work to live. Prisoners were also harshly punished for small things such as taking food or "relieving themselves during work hours (Swiebocka 19)." The biggest punishment was execution. The most common punishment was to receive lashings with a whip.

Studies have concluded that Concentration Camp Syndrome is affecting generations beyond those present during the Holocaust. Some children of victims are affected, since their parent’s own psychological scarring limits their ability and energy as a parent. Studies have shown that children whose parents who are victims of the Holocaust must take on large amounts of responsibility while growing up. Some kids feel the need to act as “redeemers” for their parents, helping them through their daily struggles. Some children of Holocaust survivors have even shown some similar symptoms of CCS as their parents, waking up with nightmares of Concentration Camps, seeing things in their dreams that they wouldn’t have otherwise known about. The fact that the Nazis were able to not only able to destroy the minds of thousands upon thousands of Jews, but also their descendants is beyond

A very shocking moment in people’s life is when they are kids and they live during the holocaust. Children in the holocaust were beaten, tortured and killed in either a concentration camp or death camp. If they did survive

The SS officers would put everyone through selection and only the grown and strong would survive. Truckloads of children “Babies! Yes...children thrown into the pit of flames”(Wiesel 32) and grown men hung for all to see, their bodies waving in the wind like a flag. For those who did survive selection, they lost their names and were tattooed with their new titles “‘A-7713?’ ‘That’s me.’”(Wiesel 51) The Jews were consistently treated like animals by the Nazi’s and if that was not enough, they were also told how worthless they were.

The history of this film was on the liberation of the German concentration camps in 1945. However, the film was left unfinished, was missing soundtracks and a missing sixth reel. The directors that include Alfred Hitchcock, had developed a script to go with the pictures. In May of 1985, the frontline was first presented in this film. “Memory of the Camps” was a film that intended the conditions of the camps in order to shake the Germans. A variety of administrative and practical glitches delayed completion of the film. They worry that the film might increase the confusion and discouragement. Despite being abandoned for decades; five of the six reels had survived in a 55-minute without titles or credits. The missing sixth reel comprised of Russian

Nike has been accused of the unfair labor practice of sweatshop labor. A sweatshop is a place with hazardous working environments, extreme temperatures and abusive employers, hence the term sweat shop. Sweatshop workers work long days exceeding 14 hours and earn less than the living wage (Britanica, n.d.). While these conditions may be shocking to Americans and Modern Western Nations the notion of abusive working conditions is more attractive to Asians and South Americans who are faced with the stark choice of terrible working conditions or unemployment and possible death by starvation. The accusation then is that Nike is using these labor condition inequalities to take unethical