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Hana Brady Research Paper

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“If you say 1.5 million, it’s just a number. When you see a person, you realize what it was, what it meant, and the one life lost, and then you can multiply that by a million and a half, and you realize what a horror it was” (Burstein). The Holocaust is one event that captures how hideous the world can be. During the duration of 12 years, 11 million people of different cultures, religions, and races were executed because of the Nazi party. Of those 11 million people, 1.5 million were children (Burstein). Hana Brady was one of these children who was persecuted because she chose to practice a religion other than what the Nazi party thought was proper. Although the Holocaust was a deplorable time in world history, humankind had the unfortunate …show more content…

The two siblings were standing outside of Kinderheim L410, an old prison, with hundreds of other Jewish children (Levine 64). They would stay here with little food, space, and knowledge of what was in their years to come. One day, Hana and her brother received a letter stating he was being deported to a labor camp. She was headed to Auschwitz. Auschwitz is the largest mass murder site in human history (Arnett) When you arrive at Auschwitz, a carved out message appears above the gate, “Arbeit macht frei”, which translates to “Work Will Make You Free” (“History”). Hours after Hana entered the gates, her and a group of girls were ordered to proceed into a condensed building and take a shower (Levine 82). That “shower” quickly turned into Hana’s worst nightmare. On October 23, 1944, Hana Brady was killed (Levine 82). Today’s society can learn an abundance due to Hana’s past. Hana’s story struck me in a way many people would not be able to relate to. Hana Brady was the same age as I am now when she was killed. I cannot imagine how somebody my age could experience that amount of dramatization and strife. Today, society should educate themselves about why the Holocaust occurred from stories like Hana’s, so we are able to make sure that something like it never happens

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