Short Story Of The Holocaust: A Narrative Fiction

I am and SS officer. I was stationed at Auschwitz. More Jews were coming in every day. There were eighty to a cattle cart. There were so many families that had to go separate ways from one another. I had killed mothers and the babies and weakest of the men that couldn’t work. It was horrible, I do say. If I could say no I would never do it again. I loved my country and Hitler at the time, so I was willing to do whatever it took to get noticed. I was then stationed at a woman’s concentration camp. They all had gotten shaved, had no gold teeth, and had had tattoos on their arms. It was their identification code. They were so skinny it was just skin stuck to the bones. They looked like corpses, but alive. I wonder how many died soon after.

In Budapest there were anti-Semitic incidents every day and everywhere, the Jews lived in terror and fear. The Fascists began to attack Jewish shops and synagogues. The Jews in Sighet were not concerned by this serious situation, they believed that the Germans would not come this far, that they would stay in Budapest. In a matter of the days, German soldiers appeared on the streets of Sighet. Elie’s family didn’t pay much attention to the violence of war being reported on the radio. Instead, they only paid attention to the polite Germans in their community; they felt comfortable living amongst the German soldiers. “The officers were billeted in private homes, even in Jewish homes. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant but polite. They never demanded the impossible, made no offensive remarks, and sometimes even smiled at the lady of the house. The optimists were jubilant: ‘Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?’ ” (Page 10). The Jews were blinded by the officer’s charm to notice the present danger that would soon

“Still, our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. The officers were billeted in private homes, even in the homes of Jews. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant, but polite. They never demanded the impossible, made no unpleasant comments, and even smiled occasionally at the mistress of the house.” (5)

“ I shall never forgive the acts of the hungarian police” in which Elie spoke after witnessing the burned Jewish children in the ditch.

Anxiety washed over the poor boy. It was dark, darker than Zerdek had ever know. With each second that passed, a low mumble could be heard from the corner. Something or someone else was here with him. Wherever here was. He shut his eyes thinking about the light. Thinking about anything that would make it seem like he was back at home. Home. He tried to remember the faces. He tried to remember each of the tree top building. Yet it was a blur. Everything that had happen with-in the last few hours, day, months was a giant blur from him. He had no concept of time. A click came from afar, as light came barreling in. Zerdek let out a low growl as he covered his eyes, unable to adjust to the light quickly enough. Arms reached out and pulled to two

“I pray you never stand at any crossroads in your own lives, but if you do, if the darkness seems so total, if you think there is no way out, remember, never ever give up. The darker the night, the brighter the dawn, and when it gets really, really dark, this is when one sees the true brilliance of the stars.” These words were spoken by Gerda Klein, a Holocaust survivor. Her story is filled with desperation and an overwhelming sense of hope. Gerda Weissmann was born in Bielsko, Poland. Both of her parents and her older brother died during the Holocaust. She was somehow able to survive “the ghetto, deportation, slave labor camps and a three month death march. She was rescued by an American soldier named Kurt Klein. She ended up marrying him and moving to the United States.

The Holocaust was a very traumatic event in history. Every year in school from about middle school onward students learn specifically about Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party’s cruel treatment of the Jewish culture and people during World War II. The same general knowledge is given to us from middle school up until the ending our high school history careers. We are taught to believe that Adolf Hitler was a corrupt man, who sought control of Germany in the 1930’s. Even though we are given background information on this event, and there are things being told to us, no one knows what actually occurred during this time, except those who lived through it. In the book Night published by Elie Wiesel, he explains the things that happened to his family and the people in his community named Sighet before, during, and after the Holocaust. There is more than what meets the eye to this occurrence. No one sees the bigger picture when it comes to this event because of the fact that such a tragedy occurred in the first place. Although the Holocaust was a very unfortunate event, the Holocaust did benefit the United States in a plethora of different ways. Without the Holocaust, World War II would have never happened, and World War II brought countless positives attributes to America. A myriad of things came out of World War II. For example, women earned the right to attain jobs because of the war. Also, America became a global power due to the fact that the Allies (United States, Britain,

“And do you know, too, who these bad men are, these poisonous mushrooms of mankind?” the mother continued. Franz slaps his chest in pride: “Of course I know, mother! They are the Jews! Our teacher has often told us about them.”

While the police made his life at home hard, the concentration camps where he was put were brutal on him. "Take care of your son. He is very weak, very dehydrated. Take care of yourselves, you must avoid selection. Eat!

“From this moment on, you are under the authority of the German Army. Anyone who still owns gold, silver, or watches must hand them over now. Anyone who will be found to have kept any of these will be shot on the spot.” When sleeping in the barracks the Jews would sleep some eight to a bunk. If they were lucky they were given one blanket

Between 1939 and 1945, Germany partook in the Holocaust, the systematic elimination of the Jewish race, resulting in the deaths of approximately 6 million Jews and two thirds of the European Jewish population being eradicated . Led by Adolf Hitler and the Schutzstaffel, these killings took place in death camps placed in Poland, the biggest one being Auschwitz-Birkenau. Approximately 1.5 million Jews were killed at Auschwitz and it was almost impossible to escape. However, some Jews survived as they were forced into hard labour until the end of World War II. One of these survivors was Eliezer ‘Elie’ Wiesel, who documented his experiences of the Holocaust in his memoir “Night” . His experiences and opinion contribute to the overall historical narrative of the Holocaust genocide through the recollection of events as well as first-person encounters. “Night” is renowned as the first piece of Holocaust literature which is majorly conformant with other sources and recounts, depicting an almost identical sequence of events which indicates accurate and reliable inferences and deductions from historians. Thus Elie Wiesel’s experience reflects the wider background of Holocaust survivors.

He advised, “Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every man for himself,

I don’t quite remember the date, but it was cold, bitter, and snowing too. All I could think about was my dire hunger. Our cabin commander ordered us to get out of bed. I didn’t hear this right away, but I was told later that I was the last one to get up. I just kept dozing off, shivering and cold. Then I felt piercing pain in my chest, then head, then everywhere. Finally, I got up, with my chest and head throbbing.

This did not last for long as mama announced that papa needed to speak with me. I went back to my room just for a moment, in order to get my clothes I was drawn to the sleeping strange man. I went to the bathroom and threw on my clothes in a haste. Luckily, I ran into papa by the doorway. Papa is usually both cheerful and calm, but today, he was neither of these things. He said that he needed to tell me something. Although, I already knew he was keeping something from me, I did not hurt any less. Papa explained to me that the strange man was the child of a Jewish man that saved his life during World War I. This was the same man that gave papa his prized accordion. I always had wondered why he kept it since he barely made any money playing it at bars. papa made a promise with the soldier's wife to protect their son if he needed it. Andhe did need us. It was then that papa held my hand, whether it was for mine or his own comfort; I do not know. Moments later, papa brought up an old promise we made on Hitler's birthday; I swore to keep a secret for him. I clearly remember papa's daunting message that followed, since his voice suddenly became deep and mature: " 'Liesel if you tell anyone about the man up there, we will all be in big trouble...At the very least mama and I will be taken away...For starters, I will take each and every one of your books-- and I will burn them... I'll throw

Eighteen million Europeans went through the Nazi concentration camps. Eleven million of them died, almost half of them at Auschwitz alone.1 Concentration camps are a revolting and embarrassing part of the world’s history. There is no doubt that concentration camps are a dark and depressing topic. Despite this, it is a subject that needs to be brought out into the open. The world needs to be educated on the tragedies of the concentration camps to prevent the reoccurrence of the Holocaust. Hitler’s camps imprisoned, tortured, and killed millions of Jews for over five years. Life in the Nazi concentration camps was full of terror and death for its individual prisoners as well as the entire Jewish