What The Jewish People Endured After The Concentration Camps

Maus, by Art Spiegelman, shows the trials and tribulations that the main character, Vladek, and his companions suffered during the Holocaust. No matter the situation, Vladek rises up to the challenge, and does the only thing he can do: live. For the Jewish people during that time surviving was a challenge and for those that actually survived was pure luck. Throughout Maus we find this survival in the portrayal of Vladek Spiegelman; father of the author. Vladek resourcefulness helps him survive because of his knowledge of different languages, skills to work on anything, and initiative to make trades with others allows him to survive the years that he was trap in the Holocaust.

Elie Wiesel said, “for the dead and the living, we must bear witness” (citation). During the Holocaust, the Jews were treated terribly. Even though they were mistreated, and beaten several times a day, they still received food and water in small amounts. One of the main ambitions of Germans was to find ways to improve their performance in war, and to make their lives easier and more efficient altogether. The Nazi doctors found the most inhumane ways to do everything they did. Harsh treatment of the Jewish people existed through excessive forced labor, horrible living conditions, and many different kinds of medical

It's obviously showed that with Vladek actions towards people we can understand why they feel so low. Vladek throughout the story, he stresses the importance of his heart (comparing himself of how heroic and very strong he use to be). "It's good for my heart..the pedaling.." (1 12) All the sweat, blood and tears (energy) it took to survive the Holocaust seems to build up and haunt Vladek as present (life now). He needs to know that everyone ages and he has to accept the fact that he's getting old and he cannot be what he once was and that's young again doing all the skillful things he use to do.

History is like a huge puzzle. People can keep find missing pieces to the story as they learn more about it. The Holocaust was one of those moments in history that has lead our minds to curiosity about why such a thing would occur at some point in time. For example, concentration camps. Concentration camps are one of those moments in history that make people’s jaws drop because of how flabbergasted they are to even hear of such a thing. Once you hear about one fact about the Holocaust and concentration camps you want to know every little detail about it to try and analyze what was happening and how it happened. Concentration camps in the Holocaust were a turning point in history because it lead to the deaths of millions of people.

Vladek often finds it hard to finish his stories due to the emotional turmoil he goes through while narrating it. The recording was very time consuming to complete since owing to this. Vladek was torn between telling his son the gruesome story of what his family went through and mentally re-living the event as he narrates it to his son. He had often tried to block these events from his mind and did not want to think about it again. It brought him great pain.

Now Vladek has not been able to recover from the mental, emotions, and physical harms that his life at Auschwitz caused him. He became incapable of trusting anybody, during the Holocaust, as well as to the present day. He quickly thought himself to become closed and shut-off to anybody and everyone. After the

The Holocaust was a terrible time for many people, but the part that is often over looked is the psychological and physical effects after liberation. This research essay will work to answer the question; How did the Holocaust from 1933 to 1945 affect the Jewish population in the years following? This will be answered by examining many different types of sources. Most of the sources used are secondary with primary sources embedded within. For example, in many of the books used, there were some quotes from survivors and related persons included as well. There are also some, not many, online sources used which give a modern point of view. All the sources were written in America including both the physical sources and the online sources.

Traumatic life experiences can have a variety of effects on a person, like constant flashbacks, PTSD, or depression. But very difficult life or death experiences can also seriously change a person’s personality. In Maus, Art Spiegelman explores how living through the Holocaust affects his father’s personality and personal relationships. By showing us Vladek’s story in both the past and the present, we get to see his experiences in the Holocaust changed who he is as a person thirty years later. On the surface, modern-day Vladek appears to be an uptight, miserly, crotchety old man, but by examining how his experiences in the Holocaust and what he had to in order to survive, we can see how they continue

Vladek survived throughout the book because he was being resourceful. In one of the panels it shows that he was resourceful during WWii when an officer told Vladek to start shooting because his gun was cold. Vladek shot a moving tree and accidentally shot a Nazi soldier. Vladek was later caught by the German soldier that day. Vladek used his skill of knowing how to speak German. He spoke in German because he thought they would stop beating him. Him knowing German helped him from dieing because if he didn’t speak to the soldiers in german then the story would have ended there. Meanwhile even though Vladek di9dn’t get killed for shooting someone, but the German made Vladek carry the dead bodies to a truck that sends it to a place. This shows that Vladek was being resourceful and thinking ahead which is what made him survive the holocaust.

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, legal is defined as “conforming to or permitted by law or established rule” (merriam webster). It then defines moral as, “expressing or teaching a conception or right behavior” (merriam webster). Dr. King gives a touching look at the difference between legality and morality with the example of events that took place with Germany under the leadership of Hitler. He explains that in Nazi Germany, it was “legal” to abuse and humiliate Jews. He then states that the comforting and aiding to Jews in Nazi Germany was illegal. While the first is legal and the second is illegal, what is legal is blatantly immoral whereas what is illegal is boldly moral. The abuse and mistreatment of Jews during the

The Holocaust began on January 30, 1933, when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially was over. About six million Jewish civilians perished because of it. There were some people that survived. What impact did the Holocaust have on its survivors? When the Holocaust ended, all survivors suffered from different emotions because they survived the tragedy. The survivors lost loved ones, and they had to keep that memory of the event with them for the rest of their lives. As a result of these emotions, they coped in many negative ways. Survivors of the Holocaust experienced guilt, isolated themselves, and suffered from a mental illness.

The Japanese internment camps are not the same compared to Jewish concentration camps one is for protection another is for prison.The Jews were useless to the Nazis and the Japanese just wanted protection from the war.The Americans never helped the Jews until the Japanese attacked pearl harbor.The Jews were held up in the concentration camps to them it was like prison.Japanese internment camps and Jewish concentration camps are not the same because the purpose of the camps are different,the way people were treated,and the outcome of the camps.

Have you ever wondered how the people survived the Holocaust? Would you know how to protect yourself if you were in that position? Would you know how to live with people dieing in front of you?

Vladek Spiegelman was a soldier of WWII, a prisoner of war, a Jew living in Poland during the Holocaust, a civilian and a survivor. Vladek Spiegelman had a son named Richieu with his first wife, Anja - the love of his life- and another son: Artie, the author and illustrator of Maus which details the story of Vladek’s survival. Unfortunately, Richieu passed away during the Holocaust; Anja committed suicide when Artie Spiegelman was in his early twenties. Due to these events and what he’s been through, throughout the Holocaust, Vladek’s views on life and how he makes relationships with people changed.

Human rights and life go hand in hand as two of the most important objects in world that should never be violated or abused in any way, shape, or form. Life in the concentration camps during the events of the Holocaust that took place between 1939 - 1945, did exactly those two things to the inhabitants. In short, life in the concentration camps was so cruel and inhumane, that those who suffered the unimaginable throughout their time there should not have had to call their placement in these camps “living” because life should never be as horrid as The Nazis made it out to be.