“To build up a future you have to know the past”. Otto Frank survived the Holocaust by hiding in an annex for two years straight, he maintained logical and composed throughout the hiding. Otto had lost his family after they were captured by the green police during the Holocaust. Otto Frank and survival, Otto was drafted into War World One which had came to an end in 1918 in which he had survived.When the Holocaust began he and his family went into hiding for two years, they took in many people in the annex and food had to be rationed and saved wisely,Otto poorly ate having in mind the number of people in the annex. After the two years their hiding came to and end his family was captured by the green police and Otto had lost his family during
The article, “The Girl Who Lived Forever”, by Kristen Lewis, describes the hardships of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, and her family, who like millions of other Jews, perished at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Anne Frank lived during one of the most terrifying and horrific historical events the world has ever seen, the Holocaust. She and her family managed to survive for 2 long years in hiding, by living in a secret annex behind her father’s pectin factory. In August of 1944, the SS captured Anne and the others hiding in the annex. All but Otto Frank, Anne’s father, perished in the Nazi concentration camps. Though they lived through unspeakable and unimaginable challenges, Anne, her family and their friends showed a tremendous amount of courage trying to defy Hitler and his evil regime.
While in hiding, Anne Frank was closed off from the world as she was not allowed to leave the “Secret Annex”. To pass time Anne would read books and wrote in an autograph book she received for her 13th birthday, the book in which she used as a diary described her life in hiding, her various thoughts, and relationships with the members of the Secret Annex in which Anne was hiding in. Before going into hiding, Otto Frank had notified a few of his most trusted workers where they would be hiding. The workers would shortly visit the annex to tend the Franks with necessities such as food and gave news of the war. Although life was hard, their survival from Hitler’s regime seemed promising until in a sudden sad turn of events, one of Otto’s workers
The article ‘Teens against Hitler ', by Lauren Tarshis, Describes the hardships and courageous acts of Ben Kamm, a Jewish ‘Partisan’ or fighter against Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust, and all Jews who faced the challenges during that tragic time. The Jewish only wanted a normal life, but German leader, Adolf Hitler, wanted to make sure all Jew would perish. So, they began piling Jews into concentration camps to kill them, Hitler would work them to death, starve them, and even murder them in gas chambers. Then, The ‘Partisans’ began to fight against Hitler and his army. This act of courage, despite the challenges and risks they faced, help many Jews survive the most horrific event in history, The Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel experienced 2 years of events that nothing will be able to amount to. After the deportation of his village, he survived through 4 concentration camps in a year. The camps were Auschwitz, Buna, Buchenwald, and Gleiwitz. His father died in Buchenwald in January 1945 and Wiesel had to survive through the rest of the Holocaust with no motivation. After the Holocaust, he spent a couple of years in a French orphanage.
The Holocaust, a terrible time with a terrible person. Hitler was a horrible person, killing many Jewish people and families. Roughly 6 million people died in the years of Hitler’s rule. Although many people died ,many people survived the tragedy. Eliezer Wiesel was one of few that survived the Holocaust. If the Holocaust wouldn't had happened we wouldn’t be where we are today. We would see more segregations of everything.
The holocaust was a very horrible experience for everyone that got discriminated against, especially the jews. A jew that survived the holocaust named Elie Wiesel wrote a book named “Night” about his life and time in the concentration camps. Throughout the story, he shows many character traits. Elie shows strong determination, loyalty and very religious. He changes drastically throughout the book.
The Holocaust was a time of great suffering and hopelessness for Jewish people. About two thirds of the entire Jewish population was brutally killed. One third of all Jews persevered and survived the appalling events happening in and out of the concentration camps. One boy, out of that one third that survived and pushed through was Elie Wiesel. Elie Wiesel, the holocaust survivor, displays stamina in his memoir physically, mentally, and spiritually.
A little over 70 years ago, Elie Wiesel survived a situation that many people could not even fathom. In 1944, Elie and his family were brought to Auschwitz where he nearly experienced death many times.
About ⅓ of all Jewish people in the world were murdered during the Holocaust (list25.com). Elie Wiesel was a 15 year old boy when the Nazi’s came and invaded his town. Wiesel and his family were all taken to Auschwitz, but later they were separated from each other. Luckily, Mr. Wiesel and his father were able to stay together and emotionally support one another. Mr. Wiesel not only kept himself alive, but he was able to keep his father alive before Shlomo got sick. Wiesel, however, did not stop fighting for his father’s life. Wiesel was able to stay alive for the year that he was imprisoned. Mr. Wiesel was one of the few able to make it out alive. Sadly, Wiesel’s mother, little sister, and father did not make it. Mr. Wiesel had a ten year period
The Holocaust, a morbid atrocity that made people question humanity, was the cause of millions of deaths. One of those victims of this brutality was Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis along with her family. Although she was merely ordinary, Anne Frank kept a diary which became a significant, historical artifact in the modern world as it details her account of concealing her identity from the outside world. Her story, told in an innocent perspective, allows individuals to reflect the dreadful events of the Holocaust and acknowledge how far we have come since then. Even though she died along with millions of other victims from the Holocaust, her spirit still exists thanks to her articulately written words in her diary which is now considered one of the most famous works of literature. Anne Frank’s legacy still lives on today because her story provides a primary source of a dark period in history, insightful contemplation of humanity, and motivation for people to stand up against unjustified persecution.
People that survived the Holocaust were optimistic and/or hid but today most are guilty. They have guilt in them because they survived while others were dying amongst them.Surviving World War II meant freedom but many did not get to that point, unfortunately. They were brutally murdered or died either from working too much , starvation, and/ or diseases that spread like wildfire. Unbelievably, smells from the gas chambers, where victims were poisoned with gasses, are still present at concentration camps locations . Many survivors have never been able to get over this horrific event that took place because of the terrifying memories from the camps. Memories of how ruthlessly people were being killed, disgusting food, and the hard work, haunt
During the events of the tragic story of the family the family had all gone to only two concentration camps per person. Anne Frank went to two camps one was the transit camp and the other was when she died in Bergen-Belsen. Otto Frank Caught hiding on August 1980 and was sent to the Westerbork transit concentration camp, then to the Auschwitz concentration camp then he escaped the hands of death. Before Edith Frank died no one knew what she had
Elie Wiesel is one of the few to survive the Holocaust. At the age of 15, young Elie Wiesel and his family were deported to Auschwitz, where the lives of millions of Jews were taken. The years Elie spent at the camp, he witnessed many deaths and also the lives of innocent children being taken. These memories will forever stay with him as he expresses in the seven books he has written. The Holocaust had an environment that was crucial to live in and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, wants the history of the Holocaust to live on because he doesn’t want anyone to live through the living hell he had to go through.
In the past many horrific events have happened that many people choose not to believe. One of those events was the Holocaust. Millions of innocent people died during this tragedy, but what about the people who survived? How did this affect them? A survivor, Elie Wiesel, wrote about his experience during the Holocaust, and how it changed him as a person. In his book “Night”, the main character Elie went to the concentration camp Auschwitz. Throughout the story, he gained new character traits that he carried for the rest of his life.
Frankl endured much suffering during his time in the concentration camp. All of his possessions were taken away, including his manuscript in which he recorded all of his life's work. He went through rough manual labor, marching through freezing temperatures, and little or no