What Happened During The Holocaust
Many people to assume that once the Holocaust had ended, and survivors began to rebuild their lives, that their pain would disappear. Right?
Wrong.
The Holocaust was an appalling crime committed by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to May of 1945. It was the mass execution of six million Jews by the Nazis and their supporters. The concentration camps set up by the Nazis, to house the many Jewish prisoners, were liberated in 1994 and 1945. Many of the prisoners were alive, but emaciated and disease ridden. When the war ended, the Jewish survivors that had survived had no passports and no papers needed to even try to escape into another country. Now the real questions remained. Would the former prisoners be able to return to their homes and rebuild their lives? Would they have to move away from their homeland and start over? Could they overcome the torture they endured and the horrible memories of the camps?
Would the former prisoners be able to return to their homes and rebuild their lives? For the survivors of the Holocaust it was a daunting and scary task. Many survivors returned home only to find their property destroyed, their pre-war neighbors hostile toward them, and their communities changed. The survivors coped with the prolonged horrors of the holocaust by maintaining the hope …show more content…
The new lives the survivors started were difficult. Living conditions were poor - there were few clothes, food was also rationed, and living quarters were cramped. Available jobs largely consisted of menial factory jobs or domestic work. Uprooted, relocated, and robbed, many of the survivors decided to seek out new homes and find a safer place to settle. Many of the refuges moved to Israel, or moved to North America to be with relatives. Once they arrived in America, many of the survivors encountered negative attitudes and reactions. Most of them arrived penniless, and had to rely on family members to support
Wrong.
The Holocaust was an appalling crime committed by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to May of 1945. It was the mass execution of six million Jews by the Nazis and their supporters. The concentration camps set up by the Nazis, to house the many Jewish prisoners, were liberated in 1994 and 1945. Many of the prisoners were alive, but emaciated and disease ridden. When the war ended, the Jewish survivors that had survived had no passports and no papers needed to even try to escape into another country. Now the real questions remained. Would the former prisoners be able to return to their homes and rebuild their lives? Would they have to move away from their homeland and start over? Could they overcome the torture they endured and the horrible memories of the camps?
Would the former prisoners be able to return to their homes and rebuild their lives? For the survivors of the Holocaust it was a daunting and scary task. Many survivors returned home only to find their property destroyed, their pre-war neighbors hostile toward them, and their communities changed. The survivors coped with the prolonged horrors of the holocaust by maintaining the hope …show more content…
The new lives the survivors started were difficult. Living conditions were poor - there were few clothes, food was also rationed, and living quarters were cramped. Available jobs largely consisted of menial factory jobs or domestic work. Uprooted, relocated, and robbed, many of the survivors decided to seek out new homes and find a safer place to settle. Many of the refuges moved to Israel, or moved to North America to be with relatives. Once they arrived in America, many of the survivors encountered negative attitudes and reactions. Most of them arrived penniless, and had to rely on family members to support