Fear In The Holocaust

The Holocaust was between the years of 1933-1945 (German Jews During the Holocaust, 1933-1945). The Jewish population went from 9.5 million in 1933 to 3.5 million in 1950 in Europe (Jewish Population of Europe in 1945). Many survivors of the Holocaust have either spoken out or wrote about their experiences of hiding or in a concentration camp. In these first-hand accounts there are multiple themes, but the main theme in the stories is fear. Fear is the thought that something bad or not pleasant will come. Fear took part in many people’s minds and stories and throughout the Holocaust. “He is about to blow out the candle when suddenly there is a crash of something below. They freeze in horror, motionless” (Goodrich and Hackett 485). In the
This sentence took place in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen where Anne Frank had been. This sentence from the story occurred in 1944 after Elisabeth and her sister and father changed concentration camps. What this means is that Anne Frank had been separated from her father, and had not seen him. This is an example of fear because many people in concentration camps feared that their family member or friend had died since they were split up. “They thought we were going to Oranienburg, a concentration camp like Auschwitz, to be gassed” (Klein 523). In All But My Life, the sentence took place in January 1945.This quote from the story was stated before they moved to a different concentration camp. Gerda Klein and the other people in the concentration camps had feared they were going to be gassed. This part of the story is an example of fear because of many of people, including Gerda and others, had the fear of death when they were in the concentration
In this sentence, Ibi Ginsburg is the character who said the quote. The year 1944 was when the quote from the source occurred. The example from the story referred to when the Ibi’s family was in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Ibi’s family was clueless of where the new concentration camp would be and if they would see each other again. This is an example of fear because many people wondered if they would see their family or if they would