preview

Magda Brown Research Paper

Decent Essays

Can a child survive the pressure of societies’ flaws and weaknesses? A seventeen year old girl, Magda Brown, proved that she is a strong teenager who perseveres and who can overcome a ridged society. The Holocaust, a time in our universe that we as humans are least proud of; a time of tragedy and despair. In the Holocaust as many as 6 million innocent Jews perished, treated like caged up animals. (“Holocaust Survivor”)Magda Brown, defeated the odds and survived the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust was a time of hate, Magda Brown, a determined girl, got through this time in history solely relying on her faith in God, therefore, inspiring others to do the same.
Magda Brown was born in 1927 in Miskolc, Hungary to a Jewish home.(Each) Magda lived in a steady …show more content…

Magda Brown, slowly started taking suspicion after all the Jews were not permitted into the streets without a yellow star on their chest to recognize her as a Jew (Viau) Then Magda town was getting turned into a ghetto. Magda Brown lived in cramped quarters with more than 40 people living in her home (Hundreds). Although that was an awful experienced her family then got transferred in a boxcar holding more than 80 people with only 2 buckets, one for water and the other for using the restroom. Magda Brown described the trip to children at the John F. Kennedy middle school as “ The only thing you can focus on is ‘If I could only have a sip of water.” (Viau). Three days in they reached a concentration camp in Auschwitz- Buchenwald. In result, Magdas beloved parents got sent to a gas chamber to parish (Each). The gas chamber ended the lives of more than 70,000 Jews. (Wigoder 151). Magda was chosen to work at a bomb factory in Germany. The chemicals turned Magda’s hair orange, and her lips a dark purple( Viau). While Magda was at the concentration camp she had about 300 calories a day to eat. (Viau). Magda was sent on a death march one day and escaped to a nearby

Get Access