Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. 1933 Nazi soldiers began the process of dehumanization of thousands of jews. Eva’s Story tells the horrific story of her time in the camp and of the dehumanization. Its starts with the process of going into hiding and then being caught by the Nazis. It then goes to how they were transported and how they treated them. Which then leads to the camps, the process of getting into the camp and then being in the camp separated from her family. In doing this Hitler achieved his goal partially by eliminating a mass of Jews.
The Geiringer family was a jewish family moving from place to place because of Pappy's …show more content…
They would punish the jews if they did even the slightest thing wrong. They would force them to get up early and stand in line to be counted. The officers would count every single jew and if the count was off they would start over making them stand in the heat or freezing cold. After that they would go straight to work all day long with no food. The would be given one small piece of bread and a small cup of coffee to share between five jews. They weren't given any other food or drinks throughout the day. When is came time to use the bathroom the were given limited times to use it. “You will be brought here three times a day in a whole group” she told us contemptuously, “and you better use it properly” (Schloss, page 81) They would force them to wait to use the restroom and with the toilets being so unsanitary they would get sick with typhus or other illnesses. Eva tells the story of how she was ill and had to use the restroom, the kappo wouldn't let her go so she squatted outside and went. The kappo came over to her and yelled at her and beat her face until she could hear ringing. The beating not being enough then humiliated her by making her get on her knees and hold a wooden stool over her head for hours while she was ill. Each small or large action the officers performed was done so the jews would feel like they weren't worth anything, not even worth being treated like