Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz

The ways Jews were treated in concentration camps show an accurate representation of how Jewish people were actually treated during World War II due to the

The concentration camps from World War II are part of a painful and tragic incident that we have learned about in school for many years. And while we are taught the facts, we may not fully understand the emotional impact it had upon the humans involved. Upon reading Night by Elie Wiesel, readers are given vivid descriptions of the gruesome and tragic behaviors that the Jews were forced to endure inside he treacherous concentration camps. Among all of the cruelties that the Jews were exposed to, a very significant form of the callous behaviors was the demoralization of the prisoners. Each inmate was given a tattoo of a number, and that tattoo became their new identity within the camp. Every prisoner was presented with tattered uniforms that became

October of 1941 was when Auschwitz II was built, located just outside of Brzezinka, which later developed into a concentration and extermination camp. The camp included 300 prison barracks, 4 large “bathhouses” where prisons were gassed to death, corpse cellars where their bodies were held, and cremating ovens (Berenbaum, Auschwitz). Auschwitz III was created in May of 1942, near the village of Dwory, a slave-labor camp supplying workers for nearby factories (Berenbaum, Auschwitz). Those deemed fit to work were employed as slave labor in the production of munitions, synthetic rubber and other products considered essential to Germany’s efforts in World War II (Auschwitz, History.com). Auschwitz also became the nexus of 45 smaller slave labor sub-camps in the region (Berenbaum, Auschwitz). Rudolf Franz Höss was the commandant of the central Auschwitz camps (Berenbaum,

Wiesel uses imagery to paint you a picture, a terrible one but, it 's one that you will not forget. Wiesel wants you to understand that these concentration camps were no girl scout camps, but a camp where it was life or death at any given moment. Wiesel shows you through his diction that the events that occurred at that camp still eat away at him to this present day.

2. On page 12, the narration changes. Why might it be necessary for someone else to begin telling Janie’s story now?

Secondly, when I look at this picture it makes me think of the movie we watched, “The Boy in The Striped Pajamas” and the book that we are reading “Night.” The person to the left of the picture is wearing striped clothing, just as the boy was in the movie. Therefore, it is like this man was once inside one of the concentration camps. In addition, this man appears to be hanging on a barbed wire fence. It is as if he was trying to escape.

One of the reasons for why Rivka is mostly correct is because all of the prisoners are making the best of what they have and they are trying to help the kids feel better, even with the situation of being locked into a concentration camp. I say this because it states on page 135, “The afternoon Gitl organized a rope and the children played jumping games after dinner.” This shows how Gitl had to go through the risk of stealing a rope just so the kids could have fun and feel better about the situation.

The holocaust is a difficult subject to describe, by one who experienced the horrors personally, or through research. Many holocaust authors describe how the victims look after their imprisonment, or the conditions they lived in during it. Wiesel does not; this victim-turned-author uses description when it applies to his thoughts. He did not have time nor the desire to make a mental note of his surroundings during his time with the Germans unless his surroundings affected his chance of survival in a positive way. Wiesel writes “He dragged me toward a pile from which protruded human shapes, torn blankets” (Wiesel, pg. 105). Wiesel used this description to create a mental image in the mind of the reader; he included it in his passage to describe to the reader what type place he and his father were living in. The two of them lived in places where humans became animals, and animals (when any were seen) became lucky, they weren’t imprisoned. Wiesel’s father was exhausted from the run they were forced to complete, and he wanted to rest. He pulled his son toward a mound of dead, piled bodies who also ‘just wanted to rest’. Wiesel realized that death, shown through these bodies, was pulling his father farther

Auschwitz Birkenau was the largest death camp during the Holocaust. Auschwitz is located in a Poland city called Oswiecim. The Germans construction of Auschwitz Birkenau began in April 1940. 1.1 million people were sent to Auschwitz and 200,000 of those 1.1 million survived the Holocaust. The people who survived the Holocaust found a new life in modern day to day.

85 years ago, over a 12 year period, nearly six million Jews were killed in a genocide called The Holocaust. The Holocaust was led by the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler was their leader. The mass murders took place at concentration camps throughout Europe. The majority of concentration camps resided in Poland and Germany. Many people believe there were only a few concentration camps. “However, researchers found that the Nazis had actually established 20,000 camps between 1933 and 1945” (“How Many Camps,” n.d.). In this paper I will be discussing the largest concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The Holocaust was an awful time in world history: the concentration camps played a big role in this awful unnecessary experience.

When I got to the first concentration camp. They told us to take off our clothes and put on other clothes that looked much worse. Then they would tell us to stick out our left arm so they could tattoo our numbers on. During the Holocaust, concentration camp prisoners received tattoos only at one ... non-Jewish persons of virtually all European nationalities.

The Dachau concentration camp was established March 22 1933,at an old WWI gunpowder factory.Dachau was one of the first camps to use SS soldiers.At first,Dachau was intended to befor only men.During the first year of Dachau,it was able to hold 4,800 prisoners.After being liberated,Dachau had 31,951 certified deaths.The total of prisoners to arrive at Dachau is 206,206.It was not a death camp for th genocide of the Jews,although there was Jewish prisoners there.

It is crazy to hear the statement that some wished they had still been at Auschwitz while at other camps. “Not one tiny window, nothing, the whole car was boarded up. We shouted for air and water, but when they started shooting, we shut up instantly. Then we all collapsed on the floor and lay panting, like slaughtered cattle. … My nose bled continuously. My ears hummed. I longed for Auschwitz, because it would mean air” (126). The experiences that took place within the camp of Pawiak were seen as the worst to the author of the letter mentioned before. They took pride in being from Auschwitz and not other camps due to the severity of the torture. “Auschwitz, our home…’ they say with pride. And, in truth, they have good reason to be proud” (100). They realized that they were in an awful situation regardless of where they were but were located in the best of all the camps. “It was undeniable that the conditions in both Auschwitz and Birkenau were steadily improving” (92). They embraced it and made it their

Paragraph six allows us to see the inside of the camps as well as how they are much different from the Nazi camps. First we see that the families are kept with three of four other families in cramped barracks, but they get to keep some of their belongings. This is different that how the Nazis run their camps, because the families are kept together, where in the Nazi camps, strangers are crammed together and they can't keep their possessions. Next, we see that there is school and work opportunities for the inmates, whereas in the Nazi camps, inmates are forced to do labor and don't have school. Finally we see that troublesome people are sent to different camps.