"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames, which consumed my faith forever. 
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments, which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never" (Elie Wiesel, holocaust survivor). The Holocaust. Just thinking about …show more content…
The Jews were treated poorly and unfair. They were treated as less than human beings than others and were murdered. Six million Jews were killed. According to Adolf Hitler, “Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community.” The only solution that Adolf Hitler saw was to get rid of them by having the Jews suffer from cruel punishments and then murder them. The crime and punishment all started by discriminating the Jews, the Jews were then isolated from their community and families, they were mistreated and treated merciless and then murdered. The Holocaust began on January 30th, 1933 and ended on May 8th, 1945. It has been said that the reason why Adolf Hitler targeted the Jews was because he believed that the Jews were the ones to blame for all the problems that were going on at the time in Germany, according to Adolf Hitler it was all the Jews’ fault. Other people that were also targeted through out this horrific time frame were the Poles, Jehovah’s Witnesses and homosexuals. The Greek origin meaning of the world ‘Holocaust’ means, “sacrifice by fire.” At the time when this was going on, in 1933, there were nine million Jews that lived in …show more content…
The Jews were transported to the concentration camps by train or railcars. Going to the concentration camps would take up to a couple days to arrive. Through out those days the Jews were not given any water or food. They were all crowded in the train or car; they were not secure/safe. The train and car were not healthy or sterile; it was dirty. It was so unhealthy for the passengers inside the train and car that sometimes some of them did not make it all the way to the concentration camps and would die on their way there. The guards had the okay to shoot and kill whoever tried to escape. Some of the location of the concentration camps were: Auschwitz-Brikenau, Poland, Belzec Poland, Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Mauthausen, Austria, Kaierwald, Latvia, Sachsenhausen, Germany, Stutthof, Poland, Theresienstadt, Czech Republic and the list goes on. The Auschwitz concentration camp was the most well known because it was the largest camp, it held a great capacity and in that camp tons of people lost their lives. Anne Frank died in the concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen, Germany. The concentration camp in Theresienstadt, Czech Republic was used for propaganda. They made people believe that the people being held in there were being treated fairly and with the right conditions. (Concentration Camp). Life in concentration camps was terrible. A day in a