exemplified the deception that went on in the concentration camps is “This Way for the Gas‚ Ladies and Gentlemen.” During the routine unloading process when victims are crucially commanded to take out their luggage‚ Tadek the main character and narrator views the arriving cattle trains and is approached by a victim who asks about his upcoming fate. The narrator‚ Polish himself‚ responds saying that he “doesn’t understand Polish.” He then adds‚ “It is the camp law: people going to their death must be
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needs to be done. Numerous examples stand as the proof to that. Some of the most famous ones are the examples associated with the struggle for survival of the concentration camp prisoners during the Holocaust. In his book “Survival in Auschwitz” Primo Levi is describing the process of dehumanization of humans in the concentration camps. There‚ put to the most miserable form of life‚ many humans did not care whether their actions are morally good or evil; they did everything necessary in order
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As shown in the last paragraph you weren’t supposed to survive anything that the Nazi’s did to you‚ or even survive in the concentration camps‚ but a struggle for the Jews was to maintain their faith while they were going through these hard times through the Holocaust. Many lost faith in their God‚ many asked why they were left to suffer‚ many thought that God was testing them to see
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During World War II‚ the Jews had to endure suffering while the Germans lived in luxury. This was certainly incorrect. In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar
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Eduard Wirths. In November‚ Dr. Mengele was promoted to Chief Camp Physician of Auschwitz II (Birkenau)‚ still under the supervision of Dr. Wirths. Dr. Josef Mengele was also closely related to the section process at Auschwitz. This process consisted of analyzing new prisoners at the time of their arrival and determining
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“There is Auschwitz‚ and so there cannot be God.” This statement was said by Primo Levi. This paper will take you on Levi’s journey through the horrific and depressive times and how he shared his story to others. As a Auschwitz survivor‚ Primo Levi introduced the horrors he lived in in his many writings‚ poems‚ books‚ and memoirs. During Levi’s childhood and teens he was a very small shy boy who was frequently bullied (“Primo Levi Biography") (Blatty). He was both an avid reader and through
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capable of. He could not understand how the Nazis were able to treat others in such an inhumane way without any remorse or compassion regarding their actions. Elie’s uncertainty about God and His presence is showcased when he first arrived at the concentration camps and watched innocent babies being thrown into a fire pit. Elie was so disturbed by this that when one someone started reciting a prayer for the dead‚ he didn’t want to join in. He could not comprehend why he should glorify God’s name and praise
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(18) -Elie Wiesel’s quote explains how in the end‚ fire would be the ending to many people in the concentration camp. • “crammed into cattle trains by Hungarian police‚ they wept bitterly. We stood on the platform and wept too. The train disappeared on the horizon; it left nothing behind but its thick‚ dirty smoke.” (3) - The smoke represents the remains of the Jewish people in the camps and how the SS guards on German gestapo wont have mercy on any of their lives. • “Jews‚ listen to me
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In the book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ there is a motif of survival and a central idea that when one is put in a desperate situation‚ developments that may otherwise seem either mundane or horrifying may instead be seen as remarkable or amazing. When all the guards leave their posts because of an alarm signal‚ two cauldrons of soup are left unattended. All of the prisoners quickly take note of the soup and are in awe‚ “two cauldrons of soup with no one to guard them! A royal feast” (Wolff 59). The author’s
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The ghastly realities of war result in long lasting distress for many. Martha Gellhorn’s article “Dachau” is a retelling of her arrival to Dachau‚ the first concentration camp to be opened by the Nazis of Germany during World War II. Gellhorn was one of the first journalists to report from the concentration camp and her detailed observations subjected readers to the horrific realities of Dachau. The graphic descriptions and disgust shown by the author were successful in swaying the reader against
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